The return of the Como literary festival “Parolario” to the city center and to that Piazza Perretta recently freed from cars and parking: this is truly an excellent idea, without ifs or buts, capable of giving meaning and gives life to the public space that has just been removed from parking lots and waste pipes and handed over to one of the most prestigious cultural initiatives in the area. And everything is already a reality given that the 24th edition of the “Parolario. La Follia” will be held exactly there. Or rather, there too, since the festival is divided into two ‘stages’: from Tuesday 4th to Sunday 9th June in Como and then from Friday 14th to Monday 17th June in Cernobbio.
On the content front, Madness will be the subject of book presentations, meetings, debates, visits which will delve into its medical-psychiatric, psychoanalytic, social aspects and, above all, its literary, poetic, philosophical, artistic and technological implications. The detailed programme, given the proximity to the festival dates, will evidently be made known very shortly.
“Since the time of Aristotle, in fact, it has been said that genius and madness have a lot in common, or that they are even confused – we read in the presentation of the festival – After all, what is the creative process, if not the fruit of an absolutely personal from the canons of thought, from the habits of interpretation of reality, from the paradigms of action? What is certain is that, even in this edition, Parolario will remain faithful to its mission: promoting books and reading, disseminating information and opinions, telling stories, providing food for thought, all in the name of the pleasure of meeting and entertaining intelligently. ”.
