Gli Americani. Tra letteratura, cinema e musica

Venue: Castello Visconteo Sforzesco - Sala Sibilla Aleramo. Organizer: Fondazione Circolo dei Lettori Meetings with Fabrizio Coppola and Roberto Gallaurese. Through six great American novels of the last hundred years, we seek the meeting point between literature, cinema and music. Wednesday 14 October, at 18:00, starting with The Great Gatsby by F.S. Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby is a romantic and merciless portrait of a man and the American dream, of love and ambition, of emptiness, wealth and despair, but also of solitude: a novel that inspired an entire generation of writers and that boasts excellent film adaptations. Wednesday 11 November, at 18:00, Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls (with the participation of Roberto Gallaurese) Wednesday 9 December, at 18:00, Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse no. 5 (with music by Bob Dylan performed live) Wednesday 27 January, at 18:00, Jay McInerney, Bright Lights, Big City (with music by American artists performed live) Wednesday 24 February, at 18:00, Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild (with music by Eddie Vedder performed live) Wednesday 24 March, at 18:00, Cormac McCarthy,