Book presentation · Le Voci dei Libri
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Nicola Lagioia
Santa Barbara
Einaudi, 2026. In conversation with Marco Antonio Bazzocchi
- Where
- MAST.Auditorium, Via Speranza 42, Bologna
FreeFree admission, booking required
The talk
Nicola Lagioia returns to the South where he was born, through the codes of the family saga. In Capurso the lives of two families intertwine with the stories of a community moving from the certainty of poverty to the mirage of wealth.
Whenever we look at the past, Lagioia reminds us that something in that same past comes back to question us, asking us to account for our ambitions and our fears, our loves and our betrayals, and how far we are willing to go to become who we want to be.
The author is in conversation with Marco Antonio Bazzocchi, full professor of Contemporary Italian Literature and Literature of the Romantic Age.
The event is in Italian.
The author
Nicola Lagioia was born in Bari in 1973. With minimum fax he published Tre sistemi per sbarazzarsi di Tolstoj (2001), and with Einaudi Occidente per principianti (2004), Riportando tutto a casa (2009; Premio Viareggio-Rèpaci, Premio Vittorini, Premio Volponi), La ferocia (2014; Premio Strega 2015) and La città dei vivi (2020; Premio Bottari Lattes Grinzane, Premio Napoli, Premio Alessandro Leogrande, Premio Sila ’49).
Partners
In collaboration with Festival del Presente – Dialoghi di Pandora Rivista.
Part of the Le Voci dei Libri series, in collaboration with Coop Alleanza 3.0.
How to attend
Booking
Admission is free, with booking on the Eventboost platform.Booking is closed: the talk took place on 13 October 2026.
Past event
Open the map Map © OpenStreetMap Getting here
Fondazione MAST, Via Speranza 42, Bologna. Tper bus 19, stop “Centro Vittoria – MAST”. For evening events the MAST car park, entrance from Via Vittoria 7, is open while spaces last.
Information
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