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  • Facts & Stories

    Italian and American Officials Iluminate Current Antimafia Activities

    Susannah Gold(October 21, 2009)
    Italian and American law enforcement officials, activists and lawyers brought home the reality of antimafia activities in Italy and in America at a recent conference at John Jay College in Manhattan. The occasion, celebrating the life of Joe Petrosino - an Italian emigrant and NYPD lieutenant - and the dedication of a park to him, was a reminder of how much has been done and how much still remains in the ongoing war against the Mafia.
  • Art & Culture

    “Lettera alla mia terra”. Beauty and Hell for Roberto Saviano

    Simona Zecchi(July 10, 2009)
    Festival delle Letterature di Roma. Roberto Saviano presents his new book “La bellezza e l’inferno – Scritti 2004-2009”. In this collection of editorials, tales, and articles he describes the two opposing aspects of his life since Gomorrah was published: the hell of what he saw and continues to see and the beauty of the art itself that he uses so that he can be a fair and accurate witness.
  • Facts & Stories

    Gomorra's Author to Leave Italy?

    E.M.(October 16, 2008)
    Roberto Saviano is now considering leaving Italy to reclaim his life. "I’m still only 28, I want to write. [..] I felt the moral obligation to become a symbol...but now I want to rebuild my life, far from the shadows”
  • Facts & Stories

    From Gomorrah to the Courtroom

    Andrea Di Camillo(June 20, 2008)
    An appeals court upheld sixteen life imprisonments of members of the most powerful Mafia crime ring in the Naples area in a high-stakes trial on Thursday. A book, Gomorrah, was the main reason for sparking the interest in the current court case
  • Facts & Stories

    Libri/ Gomorra. L'inferno Campania

    Franco Borrelli(January 30, 2008)
    Dopo il "New York Times", anche "The Economist" in Inghilterra ha inserito «Gomorra» nell'elenco dei titoli più importanti del 2007: il libro di Roberto Saviano è l'unico titolo italiano ad essere presente in entrambe le liste che come ogni fine anno vengono redatte dai due importanti giornali per segnalare i libri più significativi pubblicati in lingua inglese negli ultimi dodici mesi

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