True to its vocation of exploring contemporary authors, the LibrInsieme Book Club is making an exception this year by embarking on a shared reading of a landmark work of modern Italian literature. One hundred years after the first publication of One, No One and One Hundred Thousand (Uno, nessuno e centomila), the novel offers an opportunity to celebrate Luigi Pirandello, one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Entitled “Un Libro, Mille Letture: Tornare a Pirandello” (One Book, a Thousand Readings: Returning to Pirandello), the evening will feature an open and engaging discussion of the novel, deliberately moving beyond an academic or classroom-style approach. In keeping with the spirit of the Book Club, the conversation will be shaped by readers’ impressions, reflections and personal interpretations, embracing the idea that every great literary work continues to speak differently to each generation. The aim is to explore what a novel written a century ago can still communicate to contemporary readers through a range of perspectives and experiences.
The event will feature contributions from Book Club members and will be enriched by a theatrical interlude featuring readings and performances of excerpts from Pirandello’s works, drawn from the stage production “Centomila, Nessuna, Una” (One Hundred Thousand, No One, One Woman), performed by Bianca Bonino and Spiros Papastefanou.
Established six years ago, the LibrInsieme Book Club promotes Italian language and culture through reading groups dedicated primarily to contemporary Italian literature. The group is part of the Dante Alighieri Society of Sydney and regularly collaborates with the Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney. It also serves as an international jury member for the Premio Strega, the Premio Dora Nera for crime fiction, and the Premio Amalago for historical novels.
This event offers a unique opportunity to rediscover Pirandello with fresh eyes, engaging with one of the most original and thought-provoking works of Italian literature and reflecting on how its questions about identity, self-perception and our relationships with others remain remarkably relevant today.
The event will be conducted entirely in Italian.
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