An evening for book lovers to discover new literary worlds with Gregoria Manzin and Brigid Maher. Gregoria will introduce four texts that navigate the dissolution of former Yugoslavia and the outbreak of the Balkan wars. Each text portrays individual experiences intertwined with collective history, offering a multifaceted perspective on matters of identity in the aftermath of trauma. Brigid will look at the role of girls and women as depicted in some early twentieth-century popular texts and in one more recent text set during those years: Bianca Pitzorno’s, Il sogno della macchina da cucire (2018).
Gregoria Manzin is convenor of Italian Studies at La Trobe University.
Brigid Maher is Associate Professor of Italian Studies at La Trobe University.
Please note this event is in Italian.
