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Works by Iris Origo “A Chill in the Air” and “War in Val d’Orcia”

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU) 24 West 12th Street, New York City

New York Review Books Classics has just released Iris Origo's A Chill in the Air: An Italian War Diary, 1939-1940 for the first time in the United States, as well as her best known work War in Val d'Orcia: An Italian War Diary, 1943-1944. Panelists: Ben Downing, author Marisa Escolar, UNC Chapel Hill Katia Lysy, journalist and translator, granddaughter of…

La gita a Tindari

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU) 24 West 12th Street, New York City

Casa Italiana hosts this book club that meets once a month to discuss contemporary Italian books in Italian. The Club is open to anyone and its purpose is to offer the possibility to practice the Italian language. Everybody is encouraged to speak. The group suggests the books, usually by contemporary Italian authors, that reflect the changes that have taken place…