Richard Gere reads Italo Calvino
Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU) 24 West 12th Street, New York CityGolden Globe-winning actor Richard Gere reads from the new translation of Italo Calvino's Baron in the Trees (1957, 2017 translation by Ann Goldstein). Richard Gere in conversation with Giovanna Calvino and Stefano Albertini. Cosimo di Rondó, a young Italian nobleman of the eighteenth century, rebels against his parents by climbing into the trees and remaining there for the rest of his life. He adapts efficiently to an existence…