Rome, Siena, Bologna, Tagliacozzo, Montreal
March 13th to 17th; April 6th & 27th, 2018
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Acqua Sacra
DC Books is proud to announce the Canada-Italy tour of Acqua Sacra in Italian translation, Keith Henderson’s novel on white collar crime in Abruzzo and in Quebec (Edizioni Kirke, Avezzano). In Italy the tour features the author, in Canada the author together with the translator, Fiorella Paris.
Schedule:
Preview on Monday 12th March, Interview with journalist Annalisa Coppolaro, Bar Caracas, Via Camollia 67, Siena March 13th in Siena: Liceo G.Galilei, sponsored by CanaDiana, Laura Failli March 15th in Bologna: Centro Alfredo Rizzardi, Prof. Carla Comellini March 17th in Rome: Canadian Club of Rome Book Club, Prof. Luigi Girolametto April 6th in Tagliacozzo: Associazione Culturale Marsicana, Emanuele Nicolini
April 27th in Montreal: DC Books spring launch at the Blue Met, 6:30 pm – Paragraphe Book Store
“In Acqua Sacra we find ourselves in a somewhat uncomfortable position, work suspended in the house, a confrontation with the mother of the workers supposed to finish the job. But in exchange for prosecutorial immunity, Susanna becomes involved in a Canadian operation far beyond the scope of normalcy. Her unease about her situation is made clear in a precise psychological portrait Keith Henderson renders perfectly in a series of metaphors that act as a summary of Susanna Ricci’s self-assessment: her distaste for roller coasters, her vertigo at heights, her love of quiet, unhurried driving, her refusal to learn to ski. The final portions of the book intensify the shift toward crime novel. And here both the fantasy and reality of our times combine in situations that lend an entirely different and enriching flavour to so lively a book…. Truly a fine novel.”
— GIANFRANCO FORMICHETTI, City Councillor responsible for Cultural Matters, City of Rieti, Author of Vita di Antonio Vivaldi, Giunti Editore