Biel – “Piero Chiara was a master in telling the everyday life of the Italian inland under fascism. It is what happens in such masterpieces as “Il piatto piange” and “La stanza del vescovo”, set on the shores of Lake Maggiore “. With these words Professor Mauro Novelli introduced the conference “Up close, nobody is normal. The narrative of Piero Chiara (1913- 1986) “, organized by the Dante Alighieri Committee of Biel in recent days. Professor Novelli, author of numerous essays and articles on the writer, went deep into the works of Chiara, who with his narrative has been able to perfectly portray the life in Lombardy inland. (9colonne)