2024 Programme
Event #22
Sunday 1 September, 12.00 pm
Matteotti square1 - euro 4.50
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Colum McCann, Alessandro Zaccuri
The gratitude of listening
Colum McCann's novels reflect on the power of listening: listening means opening oneself to complexity, understanding others, and respecting their stories. This attitude is now more necessary than ever to empathize with an increasingly divided world and a deeply wounded humanity. For McCann, who will be in conversation with the Italian writer Alessandro Zaccuri, stories have the power to heal us, even in the darkest times. They help us overcome painful challenges, to free ourselves from the weight of resentment and rediscover gratitude towards others through forgiveness – an act that requires deep inner strength. To tell a story means to share, to fill a void, to transform silence into new connections that may save us, turning a burden into a source of growth and hope.
Interpreter: Sonia Folin
Colum McCann, born and raised in Dublin, teaches at Hunter College and lives in New York. He is the author of eight novels and three short story collections, including “Apeirogon” (2021), “Dancer” (2022), “Let the World Spin” (2022), published by Feltrinelli. He has received numerous awards, including the National Book Award. His latest novel, “A Mother” (with D. Foley), will be translated into Italian and published at the end of August.
ph. credits: Adolfo Frediani
Alessandro Zaccuri was born in La Spezia, Italy, in 1963. He lives and works in Milan. His latest novels include “La quercia di Bruegel” (Aboca, 2021) and “Poco a me stesso” (Marsilio, 2022). Available in the Marsilio Tascabili is “Il signor figlio” (2023). He recently published an essay on “Preghiera e letteratura” (San Paolo).
ph. credits: Alberto Bogo
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Minotauro Institute, with Loredana Cirillo and Filippo Rosa
Thank you! What we have never told our children and students
