Presented by the Dante Alighieri Society of BC, with the support of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Toronto.
The next meeting of the Italian Book Club will take place on Tuesday, March 15 at 8:30PM EDT / 5:30PM PDT.
The group will discuss the novel Memory of the Abyss by Marcello Fois (Einaudi, 2015). Benedetta Diamanti will coordinate.
Please note that the discussion will be in Italian. An intermediate to advanced level of Italian is recommended.
To register, please email info@dantesocietybc.ca.
The Italian Book Club meets ONLINE on ZOOM once a month.
Meet other bibliophiles, share ideas and deepen your understanding of Italian literature, history and culture.
The Italian Book Club is FREE and open to all those in Canada interested in friendly and thought-provoking discussions of Italian books: fiction, non-fiction, classics, prize-winners, etc.
If you are new to the Italian Book Club and wish to join the meetings, please email info@dantesocietybc.ca to register and receive the MEETING LINK.
Schedule and more info: www.dantesocietybc.ca/bookclub.
Memory of the Abyss
When Samuele Stocchino is two years old the village sage can already see a heart-shaped like a wolf’s head beating in his breast: the heart of a murderer. As a colonial soldier in Northern Africa, recruited from one subject land to subdue another, the sixteen-year-old Stocchino learns to kill before he has learned to love, and it is a skill he hones to perfection on the pitiless battlefields of the Corso Front in the Great War.
Returning to Sardinia a hero to a pauper’s welcome, he finds his family swindled and his sweetheart stolen away by the richest clan in the region, and from one first crime of passion, a bitter feud is born. Stocchino terrorizes his wealthy neighbours and anyone who dares to till their land until, with Italy now firmly under Mussolini’s boot, his elimination becomes Il Duce’s priority. As he continues to elude capture, the seeds of myth are sown and the legend of Samuele Stocchino is forged.
Marcello Fois was born in Sardinia in 1960 and is one of a gifted group of writers called ‘Group 13’, who explore the cultural roots of their various regions. He writes for the theatre, television and cinema, and is the author of several novels, including The Advocate, Bloodlines and The Time in Between.