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LITERARY MEETINGS
Literary cafe: presentations and book reading
The CCR Centro Culturale Ricerca and the UICI Unione Italiana Ciechi e Ipovedenti, Monza section, are jointly organizing the following meetings:
Thursday, Oct. 9 | 4 pm | via Tonale 4, Unione Italiana Ciechi e Ipovedenti headquarters
The Scent of Memories - Little Family Stories 1900-2000
by Erica Monteneri Swift.
A hymn to the beauty of life and the mysterious
and irreplaceable power of the family "entity."
Presented by the Author; readings by the Readers' Company.
Thursday, Oct. 23 | 4 pm | Via Tonale 4, headquarters Unione Italiana Ciechi e Ipovedenti
Discussion on the latest readings proposed by the Literary Café
Gianrico Carofiglio "In Praise of Ignorance and Error"; Erri De Luca "The Weight of the Butterfly."
Followed by presentation of the book "Sow the Wind" by Alessandro Perissinotto,
edited by Elena and Gerardo Caimi
Thursday, Nov. 13 | 4 p.m. | via Tonale 4, Unione Italiana Ciechi e Ipovedenti headquarters
"Let Life Happen" by Sara Colombo
What to do when the burden of life becomes unbearable.
Presented by the Author
Thursday, Nov. 20 | 8 p.m. | Via Santa Maddalena 7, Sala Maddalena
"The Braying" by Danielle Sassoon
With a talk by Francesca Vecchioni, president
of Diversity Foundation. Under the guise of retelling a children's fairy tale, "The Braying" tells
a disenchanted mule's journey into female folly. Presented by the author.
With the support of the City of Monza.
Thursday, Dec. 4 | 4 pm | via Tonale 4, headquarters Unione Italiana Ciechi e Ipovedenti
"The Extraordinary Travels of Ibn Battuta: The Thousand Adventures of the Arab Marco Polo"
by Ross E. Dunn
Readings and insights by Nicola Saredo.
Opening hours
4 p.m. meeting at UICI headquarters via Tonale 4
8 p.m. meeting at Sala Maddalena, via Santa Maddalena 7