A virus projected to kill off half the world’s population is set to be released within 24 hours. A demoniacal billionaire geneticist created the pathogen in order to solve the world’s overpopulation problem. Dante’s apocalyptic vision of the underworld swirls around the race to find the virus, a crucial clue to the evil plan hidden …
Silver Linings (25) Risate di Gioia
Funny how the simplest things are the hardest to translate. The literal English translation of the title of this iconic film, starring two of the world's best comedians of all time, Anna Magnani and Toto', is "Joyful Laughter" and yet that's all wrong. It doesn't capture the soaring, hysterical, belly laugh, jouissance of "Risate di …
The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories Event with Jhumpa Lahiri at The Center for Fiction this Friday
A celebration of the Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories with editor Jhumpa Lahiri and translators Ann Goldstein, Jenny McPhee, and Michael F. Moore. This will be fun! And fascinating. The stories are each intriguing and surprising and Jhumpa is so passionate about all things Italian, but especially the language and literary tradition. Plus The …
ITALY’S MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
The damage Silvio Berlusconi has done to Italian politics and society is so overwhelmingly enormous it is very difficult as a citizen of that country (I have dual US/Italian citizenship) to feel anything but cynical and hopeless. For female Italian citizens, the situation is even more dire. Berlusconi’s blatant and public disdain for women both …
Jenny McPhee 