Cwith pride, from Scampia. Stories of existential peripheries and social redemption.
Published by the historic and well-deserving publishing house of the Giannini family, the second book by journalist and writer Giuseppe Storti has been released a few days ago. Giuseppe Storti defines himself as a jurist by profession (he is a lawyer, a specialist in Administrative Law and Administrative Sciences), a journalist and writer by passion. Expert in Political-Institutional Communication. He has collaborated for decades with 'il Mattino di Napoli'.
He has been the director of numerous newspapers and portals. He currently collaborates with daily and monthly newspapers. He is the author of two books, and of short stories published by various publishing houses. Member of the National Academy of Art and Literature of Rome. Member of the 3C Coordination of Communicators for Culture. His favorite phrase is: "Those who do not read, at 70 will have lived only one life: their own. Those who read will have lived 5000 years: they were there when Cain killed Abel, when Renzo married Lucia, when Leopardi admired the infinite... because reading is immortality backwards. Umberto Eco". He animates various cultural and history pages on the web.
The second novel of the narrative genre starting from a clearly fictional story, develops the theme of the social background of the suburbs. The series created by Giannini is called “Sorsi”. An innovative idea that concentrates in a pocket-sized format texts that deal with various themes, and that can be read all in one breath. Furthermore, these texts cost very little. Six euros. Precisely to allow for maximum diffusion. Another brilliant idea by Giannini and the Coordinator of the 3C, the journalist and writer Tiuna Notarbartolo, Director of the Elsa Morante award in order to encourage reading. This second text by the journalist and writer Storti is also a book of values. But also of social redemption of the protagonist, Marco, who after various vicissitudes becomes in turn a supporter of the social redemption of many kids in his neighborhood.
The book aims to highlight the role played by voluntary associations in the territories and social realities that experience degradation and lack of opportunities for many young people left at the mercy of the streets and illegality. The tender love story between Marco and Mara, the two main protagonists of the book, stands out among the themes of the narration. Because as the author often likes to write: love is the Alpha and Omega of the universe. Finally, we report the final comment of the text, which contains in a few lines the meaning of the narrated plot.
Don Angelo always repeated to him the words of Don Lorenzo Milani, “What’s the point of having clean hands if you keep them in your pockets?”. “Dear Mara, that’s enough. Let’s get back to work. Our hands must take care of the children.” “Of course Marco, I’m breastfeeding Jenny, who is already protesting and I’m with you again.”
Article published by Federica Annunziata on February 5, 2024, at 18:49 PM
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