Book Club 2021
The Italian Book Club in English is back!
If you dream of Italy and are passionate about its culture, come and join us.
Starting in April, we will read and discuss in English 3 books written by Italian authors.
The Italian Book Club is a ‘taste of Italy’ under all points of view: from the story and the location, to the characters and the culture including, of course, the food: at every meeting you will have the chance to try a traditional recipe inspired by the book.
Cost: $40 for three meetings of one and a half hours ($17 for one meeting)
Where: St. Albans Community Centre (1049 Colombo Street, Edgeware Road end, St. Albans)
Time: 7pm-8.30pm
Facilitator: Roberto Dazzaro
Payment can be made online to the following bank account - 11 7800 0054463 11 or, if you are a casual member, cash payment can be made on the evening.
Copies of the books can be obtained at CCC Libraries.
Just click on the books below and you will be redirected to the library link.
If you dream of Italy and are passionate about its culture, come and join us.
Starting in April, we will read and discuss in English 3 books written by Italian authors.
The Italian Book Club is a ‘taste of Italy’ under all points of view: from the story and the location, to the characters and the culture including, of course, the food: at every meeting you will have the chance to try a traditional recipe inspired by the book.
Cost: $40 for three meetings of one and a half hours ($17 for one meeting)
Where: St. Albans Community Centre (1049 Colombo Street, Edgeware Road end, St. Albans)
Time: 7pm-8.30pm
Facilitator: Roberto Dazzaro
Payment can be made online to the following bank account - 11 7800 0054463 11 or, if you are a casual member, cash payment can be made on the evening.
Copies of the books can be obtained at CCC Libraries.
Just click on the books below and you will be redirected to the library link.
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Wednesday, 28th April
Anna by Niccolo Ammaniti It is some years since a virus killed all the adults. Now Sicily lies in ruins while the disease lies in wait, poised to claim the children as they reach adolescence. Brave, stubborn thirteen-year-old Anna looks after her brother Astor in the cottage where their mothers skeleton rests, lovingly decorated, in a locked bedroom. She tells him fearsome stories about monsters, hoping to keep him safe at home while she forages among the real hazards. Wild dogs. Gangs of savage, blue-painted kids. But then Astor starts to question Anna's version of the world, just as the blue kids are turning their attention to the cottage and suddenly, everything will change. |
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Wednesday, 28th July
The Eight Mountains by Paolo Cognetti Pietro is a lonely boy living in Milan. With his parents becoming more distant each day, the only thing the family shares is their love for the Dolomites, the mountains that hug the northeastern border of Italy. While on vacation at the foot of the mountains, Pietro meets Bruno, an adventurous, spirited local boy. Together they spend many summers exploring the mountains meadows and peaks and discover the similarities and differences in their lives, their backgrounds, and their futures. The two boys come to find the true meaning of friendship and camaraderie, even as their divergent paths in life; Bruno's in the mountains, Pietro's in cosmopolitan cities across the world, test the strength and meaning of their connection. A modern Italian masterpiece, The Eight Mountains is a lyrical coming-of-age story about the power of male friendships and the enduring bond between fathers and sons. |
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Wednesday 27th October
The Night of Rome by Carlo Bonini and Giancarlo De Cataldo Things are changing in Rome. The new Pope is determined to bring radical reform, while a new centre-left government replaces its disgraced predecessor. And with crime lynchpin Samurai in jail, his protege attempts to establish himself as his successor. He must reckon not only with a new generation of enterprising gangsters and racketeers; but also with the clever, beautiful, ambitious and newly elected politician Chiara Visone. Betrayals, ambushes, and infighting will inevitably alter the fragile political balance. As the sharks circle and the street-dogs fight, some tenuous hope endures, in the unlikely alliance of an incorruptible politician of the old left, all but forgotten, and a young bishop who refuses to play the Vatican’s power games. But it remains to be seen whether, in the long night of Rome, there is room for redemption. Sharp,dark, and taut, The Night of Rome is fiction that sails dangerously close to the wind of current events. |