New appointment with the Letture sul Po review, this time in collaboration with the Book Fair. On Friday 24 May, at 5.00 pm, in the Sala dei Quadri of Palazzo Comunale, Claudio Ardigò will present the book Other river lands by the journalist Roberto Fiorentini, who will be present at the public meeting.
Other river lands is a journey along the Oglio river with the last boatman, Federico Bocchi, in an intimate story, veiled in melancholy in the memory of ancient times, which winds up to the heart of the Oglio South Park passing through Gabbioneta, Ostiano, Pessina Cremonese. An exploration of the banks and currents from the province of Brescia to where the Po receives the waters of this tributary.
There are numerous stories told in this book, especially stories of river people, memories of a past that marked the lives of these people, like the traces of ancient tragedies: the remains of those who died of the plague or senseless wars. Masterpieces of art enclosed in cemeteries and small churches. And then the suggestive environment with the flights of African turtle doves, the presence of ducks with their young staying in the ‘deaths’ of the river. Old crops that fed the poorest. The great universe of the river painted under the infinite sky of the Po Valley.
Roberto Fiorentini, from Cremona, who will be present at the meeting, graduated in Musicology, Philosophy and Archeology and Art History, is the author, among other things, of numerous essays on art and history.
For information, you can contact the offices of the Vast Area Sector at [email protected] or by calling the numbers 0372/407672 – 553. Further information on the Letture sul Po review is available on this site (https://www. comune.cremona.it/eventisulpo), on that of the Po and Morbasco Park (https://www.parcopomorbasco.it/), as well as on the Facebook page @parchituracremona.
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