Conversation – Reading – Q&A
The Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to announce an exceptional literary event dedicated to the latest novel by Elena Ferrante, La vita bugiarda degli adulti (The Lying Life of Adults). Join Elena Ferrante’s “star translator” Ann Goldstein, authors Nicola Lagioia (Italy, Strega Prize), Laura Pugno (La ragazza selvaggia, La metà di bosco), and Catherine Dunne (The things we know now, The Years that Followed) for a celebration of Elena Ferrante’s global readership and a conversation about her latest New York Times-bestselling novel. Conversation moderated by Europa Edition’s Editor in Chief, Michael Reynolds.
Elena Ferrante readers number in the millions worldwide. She has been celebrated by authors such as Elizabeth Strout, Roberto Saviano, Lauren Groff, Karl Ove Knausgaard, and Richard Flanagan, by musicians and celebrities like Nicole Kidman, Patti Smith, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and John Water as well as by well-known leaders like Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama. Her Neapolitan novels have been made into an HBO original series, and her new novel, The Lying Life of Adults, has been optioned by Netflix.
Ferrante has been read by more people in more parts of the world than any other living Italian author and her work has sparked renewed interest in Italian literary culture.
The conversation will start at on Wednesday, 30 September at 5:00 am (Sydney time) – 29 September at 3:00 pm (New York time).
To register (for free) for the event click here:
A link to join the event on the Zoom platform will be sent via email to all registered participants on the date of the event.
The recording of the conversation will be subsequently made available on the Facebook and Youtube channels of the Institute.
Co-hosted by the Italian Cultural Institutes in New York, Washington, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Toronto, London, Sydney, Madrid, Barcelona, and by Europa Editions.