- FEBRUARY 2018 -
Bridge Italy
Books
That valley in the Gargano so rich in history that must not be forgotten
by Sergio D’Amaro In the interesting book by Grazia Galante,“La vadda de Stignane” e altri canti popolari di San Marco in Lamis, complete with musical transcription and CD, witnesses give their precious evidence of an almost bygone civilization March 2017
Grottaglie and its pottery through the life of the benefactor Vincenzo Calò
by Raffaele Nigro A book by Roberto Burano about the distinguished doctor from Grottaglie, reconstructs his life, closely tied to the history of the town’s magnificent ceramics January 2017
Eighty years of joyful culture
by Sergio D’Amaro In a book for the eightieth birthday of the intellectual Raffaele Cera, La memoria gioiosa (Joyful memory), the testimony of scholars and friends on his many interests and his untiring activity as a promoter of culture. The backdrop is his beloved birthplace, San Marco in Lamis. Introduction by Joseph Tusiani March 2017
Sergeant Romano’s siege like in a movie
by Sergio D’Amaro Brigands and Piemontese at Gioia del Colle after the annexation by the House of Savoy (1861) in Marco Cardetta’s latest novel. The pages written by the young author from Puglia steeped in evocative emotion and dramatic instinct January 2017
The magnificent eighty
by Anna M. Conserva Amidst thinking back, weighing up, and worrying about the future, Sulla corsia degli 80, the latest book by Matteo Bonadies, is a song of praise for life and for the desire and possibility of living it intensely even at eighty November 2016
San Marco in Lamis seen from its bell-tower
by Sergio D’Amaro Thirteen snaps by Michele Lariccia, collected in a splendid album, offer us an unusual perspective of this little town on the Gargano November 2016
A great love for splendid Castro
by Alessandra Peluso It is to the “pearl of Salento” that Rocco Boccadamo has dedicated his recently published book, A Castro, con il cuore, a collection of stories which show, yet again, his unbreakable bond with the history and traditions of his land September 2016
Better not come home... Letters between Italy and America during the first World War
by Michele Presutto An interesting book by Luigi Botta, Figli non tornate! (1915-1918), Aragno Editore, contains a collection of letters exchanged between the two sides of the Atlantic, shedding light on the dramas and hidden truths of the years of the Great War.Many letters also from Puglia September 2016
Story of a poet between Puglia and America
by Sergio D’Amaro Recently published by Bompiani, In una casa un’altra casa trovo, the autobiography of Joseph Tusiani, edited by Raffaele Cera and Cosma Siani, in a new version, easy to read and incisive.A new life amidst the skyscrapers of the mighty America, never losing sight of his beloved Gargano, where his life-story began July 2016
Worked to death under the sun of Puglia
by Enrica Simonetti The death of Paola Clemente, a farm laborer who lost her life last July while working in the fields in conditions reminiscent of slavery, is the focus of a book by Enrica Simonetti, Morire come schiavi, la storia di Paola Clemente nell’inferno del caporalato (Dying like slaves, the story of Paola Clemente and the hell of the gangmasters) just published by Imprimatur Editore.We are pleased to print an extract May 2016
When forgotten objects tell a life story
by Michele Presutto In Sergio D’Amaro’s latest book it is an alarm clock, a book, a torch, an airplane that tell us about history and memories and also about daily life.The poet and intellectual from Rodi Garganico creates a sort of Spoon River Anthology of lost and forgotten objects April 2016
Masserie of Puglia Journey amidst Beauty
by Olimpia Ruffo A precious book of photographs by the photographer Adriano Bacchella, from Turin, with a text by Franco Faggiani.“The masserie are the symbol of Puglia” January 2016
An excursion into the Salentine dialect … Mai pe iabbu
by Alberto Sobrero The analysis of some expressions in the dialect of Salento revealing its stereotypes, beliefs and prejudices, with comments by prominent figures in Piero Manni’s readable collection, Mai pe iabbu. I vocaboli e le espressioni intraducibili del Salento (‘Mai pe iabbu’. Salento’s untranslatable words and expressions) November 2015
The moral revival of the South can start from its “best”
by Raffaele Nigro In the latest essay by Lino Patruno, Il meglio Sud (The best South) (Rubbettino), an in-depth analysis of the ills of the South but also the glimmer of light from positive projects in a South that works, thinks and holds its own October 2015
Life, anyway!
by Sergio D’Amaro In the latest book by Matteo Bonadies, Anyway. Venticinque anni dopo, the prolific author from Barletta takes another risk by revisiting his biography with passion and without reticence November 2015
Rainbow of women
by Anna M. Conserva Rosa Di Maggio’s precious little book has stories of women in a small village in the south of Italy. Feisty, intense, “real” women July 2015
Amidst the mountains of Val d’Aosta …in pursuit of the culprit
by Anna M. Conserva The new adventure of Commander Colleoni in Franco Faggiani’s latest novel.Splendid landscapes, a range of human types, and clues that dissolve like “soap bubbles” May 2015
…Once upon a time there was the past Writing about it to preserve the memory
by Giuliana Coppola L’asilo di donna Emma, the latest book by the Salentinian writer Rocco Boccadamo, is a collection of his travel notes and letters to the papers February 2015
Disorder and experimentation in the museum-houses of Ignazio Apolloni
by Alessandro Gaudio We are pleased to publish a summary of Alessandro Gaudio’s preface to the essay by Carmen De Stasio analyzing the work of the Sicilian artist January 2015