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Questo nuovo romanzo verrà presentato al Premio Strega 2002. Terremoti
è ambientato nell'Irpinia scossa dal sisma del 1980, in cui il Cesare
de Seta, storico dell'arte e dell'architettura, docente a Napoli e a Terremoti takes place in the Irpinia devastated by the terrible 1980 earthquake in
which the young geologist Andrea is confronted not only with this precarious
and ruined environment, but also with the dishonesty of the local
authorities and the ignorance of politicians and technicians. Andrea is
guided in his journey towards survival and hope by the love of his colleague
Stefania and by visiting
the places of his childhood. In the drama of day-to-day life and in
the melancholy of memory the tragedy of the earthquakes becomes interwoven
with the soul’s emotional turmoil in a narrative of extraordinary
descriptive power. Cesare de Seta, Art and Architecture Historian, Senior Professor at the University of Naples and at the University of Paris, author of many papers in Italy and aboard, has published the novels Era di maggio (1991) and La dimenticanza (1994) Norma Waltmann Cesare
De Seta, "Terremoti", casa
editrice Aragno di Torino |