TURIN. It started on Thursday second adventure from the Mountain Hall at the Turin Book Fair: the first two days of appointments with books and authors confirmed the success recorded last edition, when for the first time this event dedicated a specific place to the narration and culture of “High Lands” with the partnership between Trentino Marketing, MontagnaLibri | Trento Film Festival And Itas Mountain Book Award.
They took turns on stage last Thursday, among others, Lorenzo Ferrarese, Pietro Dal Pra, Antonio De Rossi, Roberto Diniwhile on Friday they presented their works Giorgia Guarienti, Gianna Tavernaro, Massimiliano Ossini, Lorenzo Pavolini And Davide Sapienza, Enrico Camanni And Andrea Zannini.
In the past few hours the Sala della Montagna has opened its doors again with Massimiliano Ossini, this time with the children’s book Friend (Salani), in dialogue with with Matteo Bussola: the story of an unforgettable summer that will help the young Gabriele grow and overcome anxieties and fears, a coming-of-age novel set against the backdrop of splendid and friendly nature.
Then there is room for the presentation of The bones of the earth. Primo Levi and the mountain (National Mountain Museum): the volume, which accompanies the exhibition created in collaboration with the P. Levi Study Center and can be visited at the Montagna Museum until 13 October, tells of Levi’s connection with the high lands through the contribution of eight authors. They follow Yuri Basilicò And Sara Furlanetto with the presentation of Va’, Path of Peace.
A journey through the mountains of White Warto think of peace: the story of the new expedition Go Path, from Tonale to Marmolada for 500 kilometres, among lesser-known mountains in Trentino, following the front of the Great War. In the afternoon the writer will speak Franco Michieliauthor of The invisible ways (Ponte alle Grazie), followed by Paolo Paci with his latest novel, The mountain of illusions (Piemme), together with Linda Cottino.
It’s then the turn of the great Himalayan mountaineering with Alex Txikon and its The mountain of the spirit. At the summit of Manaslu in winter (Solferino). In the penultimate event of the day the protagonist will be the Swiss writer Arno Camenisch with Golden years (Keller), fresh winner of the Itas Mountain Book Award. The American photographer closes Saturday’s program Jim Herrrington with The climbers (Antiga): sixty portraits of mountaineering icons: from Beckey, Cassin and Diemberger to Messner, Robbins and Wickwire, who from the 1930s to the 1970s expressed their talent for tackling the most challenging climbs around the world.
Instead on Sunday 12 May the programming opens at 10.30 Marino Midena, author of Anthropocine. The green screen (Altreconomia), in dialogue with Nicola Villa: the author was among the first, in Italy, to enter the critical trend of ecocinema: over three hundred films analyzed with the ecocriticism approach, to identify trends, languages and issues. At 11.45 Marco Berti presents The mountain does not laugh and does not cry (Solferino) together with Francesco Chiamulera: a story designed for those who simply look at the mountains from below, admiring them and wondering about the reasons that push them to climb them, often responding with a negative opinion.
At 1pm Right to Resist, with Sara Segantin And Patrizia Patelli: an environmental and social justice project, a journey to Central America to witness how in one of the most tormented places on the planet, women and men fight every day for their right to exist. At 2.30pm (repeat at 6.15pm) an unusual and original event, in which podcast, theater and sound meet in a single sound experience: in Premio Itas: mountain sound adventure three artists on stage will perform in a show where reading, music and soundscapes are rendered live, to give life to an immersive narrative thanks to the use of special wireless headphones.
At 3.45pm Amedeo Cavalleri presents Accustomed to falling (De Agostini), accompanied by Fabrizio Goria. What does standing on the rock teach us, one failure at a time? The founder of @brocchisuiblocchi, the largest climbing community in Italy based on the principles of inclusiveness, tells it.
Literature again at 5pm with the writer Matteo Righetto and his latest novel The wild path (Feltrinelli), which he will present together with Monica Rita Bedana: a book in which the Dolomites return and one of its most beloved characters, the old huntress, returns Tina Thaler.
Last day of the Salone, Monday 13 May, and last three appointments at the Sala della Montagna, with the first two dedicated to schools. At 10.45 Giuseppe Festa presents The Night of the Flying Deer (Salani), a book that addresses the delicate balance between man and nature, which imposes compromises and sacrifices, but which brings people together and guarantees a future for the individual and the community, and at 12 Laura Scillitani The wolves of the Alps (Editoriale Scienza), a book to discover surprising facts about the packs that have returned to populate the Alps in recent years.
It closes at 1.15pm with Paolo Domenico Malvinni with Lorenzo Bernasconi presents his Trees among the trees sails among the leaves (isenzatregua editions): a volume capable of uniting, in a non-didactic amalgam, historical information with theatrical texts and references to cinema and music, with important biographical news on Gattamelata And Bona Lombardi.
Two events will take place in other rooms. The Sala Rossa will host on Saturday 11 May at 12pm Mauro Corona and its The swings (Mondadori), a personal journey down memory lane: the mountain, its inhabitants and the Vajont, a novel that oscillates between past and present. Sunday 12 May at 11am, again in the Red Room, Erri De Luca will present Speech for a friend (Feltrinelli), the story of a friendship between two men who met through two coincidences: books and mountains.
Dedicated to Diego Zanesco, an expert mountaineer, who lost his life on the Tofana di Rozes on 30 July 2023. De Luca gives voice to their friendship, to their common passions, he retraces the words and the climbed walls, with moving pages full of gratitude, which contradict the absence of his friend. There will also be space for image education projects for training in sustainable development of the T4Future – Trento Film Festival For Future: at the Writing Lab, Hall 2, presentation of Between cinema and nature, the educational kit created by the Trento Film Festival to promote the audiovisual as an educational tool and explore the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda through cinema. The project is an initiative carried out within the National Cinema and Images for School Plan promoted by Mim and Mic.
