The charming island of Favignana will be the backdrop for "The Other Marea - Ports of the tuna fishery Author Florio Favignana," a literary festival summer thick. A cure review, the veteran Giacomo Pilati, journalist and writer and former curator of Trapani, for the past 15 years of "books, authors and bouganvillea" in San Vito lo Capo.
Will be eleven meetings with well-known authors of the Italian literary scene, who will entertain visitors from July 11 until September 5. An event by rich content, specially designed and organized to keep everyone happy. And there will be something for every taste, from the economy to the humanitarian aspect that can have sports, family and emotional evocation by the rediscovery of local traditions.
In detail, it will be the same Pilati, July 11, to inaugurate the festival with his latest work, "In Sicily Rewind" (Telesud-The Sun). Five DVDs for a total of nine hours of footage that bear witness an area rich in talent, passion and culture.
On July 15, it´s up to Federico Rampini, who with "Bankers - the new global banditry" (Knopf), is a reflection on the crisis, banks and finance.
On July 19, the beautiful Wild Lucarelli present his book "Who cares of the world", published by Rizzoli, July 26, Pierluigi Battista while talking about his "# Books are dangerous" (Rizzoli).
On July 25,it´s up toIreneChiaswith"ExercisesoftortureandSeduction"(Knopf)andJuly 29, PierluigiBattistawill presenthis workbooksare dangerous" (Rizzoli).
On July 29, the space in "Not worth a penny" (Mondadori), a title that says it all. The author is Mario Giordano, director of Tg 4.
Silvia Avallone presentations will open in August with "Marina Beauty" (Rizzoli). The event is scheduled for Friday, August 2.
On August 7, the scene will be all to the intense written by Caterina Chinnici, "It´s so gentle kiss on your forehead" (Knopf), which evokes the figure of the father, the magistrate Rocco Chinnici, killed by the Mafia in 1983.
On August 20, it´s up to "A Heart in flight" (Piemme), Oliviero Beha valuable book that traces a little known, almost unknown, the famous cyclist Gino Bartali. The athlete, in fact, in the period of the racial laws often pretended to train for transport, however, false documents, hidden under the seat. With his risky gesture, Bartali saved the lives of about a thousand Jews, earning the title of "Righteous Among the Nations," September 23, 2013.
(Oliviero Beha)
On August 25, Irene Chias will present "Exercises of torture and seduction", published by Mondadori.
Ninni Ravazza, August 29 will entertain you to talk about "The Lord of the traps" (Magenes).
To close the festival on September 5, will be the journalist and historian Antonio Caprarica RAI correspondent from London with "The novel of Windssor" (Sperling & Kupfer). The subtitle says it all: "Loves, intrigue and betrayal, in three hundred years of real fairy tale." "Following back the family tree of Queen - says Caprarica - you will come across a number of real champions of profligacy and folly." A novel on many of the predecessors of Queen Elizabeth II, who worked to demolish the image of the dynasty.
All meetings will be held in the former factory Florio, all at 21:30. Admission is free. People flock interested parties: the seats, in fact, are limited.
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