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"Il rotolo di tela" di Alba Piolanti

Saturday, January 15 18.00

ALBA Pioli
presents "The roll Canvas (Pendragon editions)
intervenes LAURA Falque

Return the atmosphere and characters of the first novel Alba Pioli, "In the village, which we presented to the library in 2008. A group of inhabitants of a Romagna small village that still find their personal lives intersect with the troubled history of Italy in the first part of the twentieth century.
The wedding of Ida is an opportunity for a journey into memory: the family and the people of the village tightening around the young, according to an ancient ritual, like a canvas roll out their own story to submit, along with it, the vital energy, emotion, courage and common purpose. The Nora, the Isolina, the Geneva, Rosina, his uncle Welcome, and especially his grandmother Ida Dulinda help to shed light, each in its own way, a tragic event that has deeply influenced the life of the village: the murder of Tony, beloved husband of Dulinda by a minion of fascism. It will be necessary to relive those days of hatred and terror, the days of the struggle for the liberation of Italy, of fierce retaliation by the Germans, oppression and pride, to go back to look at the future with eyes pure and innocent.
Will the young wife to collect both heavy and precious heritage?

Pioli ALBA was born in Romagna, and was later transferred to Bologna, where he still lives, while not breaking the bond of affection with those roots that are the soul of this and his previous novel. It 'also co-author of the book "Voices of women: the history of the country" (The Old Bridge, 2006). Collaborate with women's associations for the preservation of female memory