«The illness was a caesura in the books, the ones I had written up to that point, and also in the music». Giovanni Alleviat the stand of Corriere della Sera at the Turin Book Fair, after great return to Sanremo presented his latest book The rules of the piano (Solferino) in front of a very large crowd.
Before and after the meeting, the musician was overwhelmed by the affection of the public from the public during the copy signing. «I have to reread what I wrote – she said – after what I went through. Even the music has changed, because the works I wrote during my hospital stay are much freer.”
The musician paused on the experience of the disease «thanks to which – he added – I rediscovered my sweetness and my tenderness». As calmly as possible, she anticipated her, will make a new book. «Meditation helped me during my illness – she continued – because before I could run and now I can only walk. In the hospital I was struck by the empty gaze of the patients who had received a sort of sentence, which I found in Homer in the warrior struck to death.” Several rounds of applause and smiles accompanied the meetingwith the author who, at the end of the presentation, thanked the audience for their warmth, in a very moving meeting with many people.
