Amsterdam. The meeting with writer Alessandro Zaccuri and translator Ronald Fagel will be held at the Italian Institute of Culture in Amsterdam on June 29th during which his latest novel “Lo spregio” (Marsilio 2016) will be presented. The latest novel by the Italian writer “Lo spregio” (Marsilio 2016) will be presented. In “Lo spregio” – winner of the Comisso and Mondello awards – Zaccuri pushes his reflection on fatherhood to its extreme consequences, which is presented here as an opportunity for good and redemption in an environment otherwise compromised by evil. An essential story, in which the fatal dimension typical of classical tragedy meets with the symbolic language of the Bible, in a continuous confrontation between deceptive words and eloquent silences. Alessandro Zaccuri is a cultural correspondent for the newspaper “Avvenire” and is the author of numerous novels (including “Il Signor figlio”, Selezione Campiello 2007 Award) and essays, the most recent of which is “Come non letto. 10 classici + 1 che possono ancora cambiare il mondo (10 classics + 1 that can still change the world) published by Ponte alle Grazie in 2017. Ronald Fagel (1957) after studying History, worked as an editor for several literary publishing houses and has organised numerous literary events for SLAU (http://www.slau.nl/). At the moment he translates books from French, Italian, English, and German. (9Colonne)
