Perugia editorial team
PASSIGNANO SUL TRASIMENO (Perugia) – Originally from Passignano sul Trasimeno, writer, director, actor and teacher, Riccardo Lestini will be the protagonist of the event that will start on Sunday 26 May at 4.30 pm on the terrace of the Castel Rigone theatre, where he will present his book “Those stupid provincial heroes”.
The author will dialogue with the culture councilor of the Municipality of Perugia Leonardo Varasano in this event included in the program of meetings of the literary festival Isola del libro Trasimeno.
“Those stupid provincial heroes” is an irreverent novel in episodes which contains the adventures of the inhabitants of Ponte Rabbione, an imaginary village in Umbria where the roads offer no alternative routes and everyone knows everyone except themselves: «There is who chases an uptown femme fatale, without looking back towards the council house where he grew up, and who demonstrates heroism in battle against mice. There is the former child prodigy who now has to taste the bitterness of disappointed expectations, and those who take advantage of the pregnancy to come to terms with themselves. There are those who look for an antidote to the boredom of a Saturday night in the village in the strip clubs, and those who return from the war and find a house that no longer seems so familiar or welcoming. There are those who try to transform neighborhood games into World Championships, and those who take to hallucinogenic mushrooms.”
Lestini’s book, digging into the depths of universal feelings, overturns everyday reality to transform ordinary existences into extraordinary stories.
The following weekend in Passignano, Giancarlo Brocci and the historian Gianni Oliva will be guests of the Trasimeno Book Island.
