Literatur: Giulio Galoppo im Gespräch mit Ginevra Lamberti

In the organizer's words:

As part of our literature series, in which successful Italian authors present their latest publications to the Cologne public, the Italian Cultural Institute Cologne is hosting a meeting with Ginevra Lamberti, the author of the novel Il pozzo vale più del tempo (Water weighs heavier than time), which was recently published in Italy by Marsilio and in German by Piper Verlag.

The discussion, which will be held in German and Italian with simultaneous translation, will be moderated by Giulio Galoppo and will take place on Thursday, June 11 at 7:00 pm.

When eight-year-old Dalia is discharged from hospital after an accident, she no longer recognizes the world: her parents have disappeared, her house is devastated and she is taken in by former teacher Fioranna, who teaches her the value of old stories and even teaches her how to bury corpses. In the meantime, the weather has become unbearable, the temperatures are extremely high and it hardly ever rains. People have left the cities and settled in narrow, shady valleys in the mountains where the sun barely reaches. Surviving here is a complex matter that people try to master with great effort. Ten years later, after Fioranna's death, Dalia sets off from the dark valley in the mountains of Veneto to the land of the wells, where there is still said to be water and a small group of people with great hospitality.

Ginevra Lamberti, born in 1985 in San Patrignano, lives in Rome and Vittorio Veneto. She has published four highly acclaimed novels and several short stories. Her second novel "Perché comincio dalla fine" was awarded the prestigious Premio Mondello in 2020. Ginevra Lamberti also writes as a cultural journalist for the daily newspaper Domani.

Giulio Galoppo studied literature at the Università Statale in Milan and has lived in Berlin since 1998. He has worked for Bayerischer Rundfunk and Deutsche Welle, is a producer in the RAI correspondent's office in Berlin and has been a journalist for the podcast "WDR COSMO italiano" since 2010.