CEGLIE MESSAPICA – Friday 28 June, at 6.00 pm, at the Ducal Castle of Ceglie Messapica, in Via Chiesa, 11, within the “Writers at the Castle” exhibition, the event “Il Salotto di Viola” will take place, organized by the “Terraconleali” association, in collaboration with Viola editrice, with the patronage of the Municipality of Ceglie Messapica, the Lions club and Aido.
Six authors, including detective stories, fantasy and novels, will present their books in conversation with Simona Sabene Tuliozzi, editorial director of Viola Editrice, who will accompany the public on a journey through compelling stories and exciting adventures capable of leaving those who read them breathless.
The authors who will present their books are: Luigi Del Vecchio – Ostuni an unsuspected presence; Mauro di Giorgio – The invisible – An investigation by Commissioner Ferrer; Massimo Mereu – The path of light; Vittorio Petronio – Flight of the Vulture and Carla Cucchiarelli – I am Nannarella – Intrigue in Florence.
With the welcome participation of Paoletta Maiazza and her novel “Barefoot in Memories”.
The mayor of Ceglie Messapica, Angelo Palmisano believes this «An event that certainly enriches the cultural offer of the city. It will be an opportunity for citizens and tourists to get to know numerous writers and everything they express through their works. To them and to all those involved in the sector, a warm welcome to Ceglie Messapica.”
Anna Turrisi, president of the Terraconleali association, explains that “The primary objective of the association is the promotion and diffusion of culture, in all its forms, in the territory of our wonderful Ceglie Messapica. But not only that, as we intend to develop, in the future and with other initiatives, the in-depth study of issues with social interests, which can involve and interest citizens”.
He continues “We are happy, as an association, to host the prestigious Viola Editrice of Rome in Ceglie Messapica. I thank its publisher Valentina Succi for the privilege she wanted to confer on my Association of being present in our city with five of its authoritative authors and signatures already of important works at a national level. With her I thank the Editorial Director Simona Sabene Tuliozzi who will moderate the debate. The meeting on June 28th is entitled “The Living Room of Viola” and the Ducal Castle of Ceglie Messapica will be the elegant and most suitable living room. to host such a prestigious event.” Below are the books.
Luigi Del Vecchio – Ostuni an unsuspected presence
Ostuni. December 21, 2017. Christmas is upon us. The preparations for the festive days are looming, the streets are a swarm of illuminated shops, pizzica melodies, scents of exquisite pleasure, chasing loves. The discovery of the body of an old loan shark with a sea urchin stuck in his throat, inside a deconsecrated church, shakes the city. The case is entrusted to Commissioner Vito Berlingieri. The dynamics through which the murder occurred immediately appear complex; four other cruel murders will follow one another in a rapid vortex in which Berlingieri initially seems to be floundering, until the day his eyes discover what they never imagined they would see.
Mauro di Giorgio – The invisible – An investigation by Commissioner Ferrer
February 2020. The story of the novel takes place over the course of a week, in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic. A killer who lives and works in the opulent north-east of the peninsula, driven into that profession by the debts linked to his vices, primarily cocaine, decides to accept one last job, before retiring and now living as a rich man: the murder of a woman in Rome. The fast-paced story unfolds on the road across the country in a sort of fight against time for the killer, who, chased by the police, is now on the run.
Massimo Mereu – The path of light
The first lights of dawn appear on the horizon, the horses are saddled… Everything is in motion, now, in the lands of Panthòr! Our characters find themselves on a journey, each with a mission to accomplish. Asgorg will have to fulfill his destiny: adventures, pitfalls and harsh trials await him, but he will not be alone on his journey towards the Light. His friends will always be with him and will accompany him on this extraordinary journey to discover himself, his weaknesses and his own courage.
Vittorio Petronio – The flight of the vulture
The death of innocent young women will plunge Jean Michel Bernardi of the French Gendarmerie into a circle of hell, where he will have to continually deal with a ruthless opponent, an invisible enemy who will play a no-holds-barred game with him. He will be a warrior and victim of a perverse game where the characters he will interface with will move like pawns on a chessboard; he will see his certainties collapse.
Carla Cucchiarelli – I am Nannarella – Intrigue in Florence
In the post-covid era, a young woman who claims to be Anna Magnani was emergency admitted to a hospital in Florence. He looks like her like a drop of water, talks and laughs like her. Under the empathetic gaze of doctors, nurses and residents who passionately follow the stories of the icon of neorealist cinema, the woman soon becomes the undisputed protagonist of the hospital: she calls herself Nannarella and hypotheses and beliefs that border on “unreality”, but… the shocking truth is well hidden behind those dark eyes.
Paoletta Maiazza – Barefoot in Memories
Puglia, 1996. Anna Lafortezza, almost sixty years old, returns to Tenuta Ornella, a house where as a very young girl, after escaping the war, she worked as a private nurse. The house is in ruins, abandoned to the rain and the merciless passing of time. Anna immediately does her best to clean it of mold and dirt, but the shadows of memories lengthen over her heart, bringing many significant moments back to the present: life at the convent with the orphans, the choice not to take vows, the discovery of love to the rejection of the same. She is haunted in every corner of the house by her memories, she realizes that the apathy, the emotional disconnection that helped her live away from Tenuta Ornella, is just a way to defend herself and not suffer. Anna returns on a liberating journey within herself, to discover a love left behind and to accept her own choices. But above all she finds the courage to keep memories alive and take care of them.
