The Italian Book Club of Philadelphia

Want to explore new voices in Italian contemporary narrative, but you don't know the language?
There’s an entire world of literature out there.
Explore it with Rosanna Calabrò

Free and open to AIS MEMBERS    
​Books and Discussion will be in English on selected Thursday at 4:00 pm ET (ONLINE)

January-June 2025 Program

  • January, 30 at 4:00 pm The Sense of an Elephant (Il Senso dell’Elefante) by Marco Missiroli, translated by Stephen Twilley, Pan Macmillan (2015), pp. 256

  • February, 27 at 4:00 pm: Can You Hear Me? (La vita felice) by Elena Varvello, translated by Alex Valente, Two Roads, (2017), pp. 272

  • March, 27 at 4:00 pm: The Other Profile (Il profilo dell’altra) by Irene Graziosi, translated by Lucy Rand, Europa EdiOons (2023), pp. 240

  • April, 24 at 4:00pm: The mortal and immortal life of the girl from Milan (Vita mortale e immortale della bambina di Milano) by Domenico Starnone, translated by Oonagh Stransky, Europa Editions (2024), pp. 144​

  • May, 22 at 4:00 pm: Thirsty Sea (Nel mare c’è la sete) by Erica Mou, translated by Clarissa Botsford, Eloise Press, pp. 240

  • June, 26 at 4:00 pm: The Year of Our Love (Correva l’anno del nostro amore) di Caterina Bonvicini, translated by Antony Shugaar, Other Press (2021), pp. 400

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