un’antologia italo-irlandese
Lost between – an Irish-Italian anthology
Irish Book launch of Tra una vita e l’altra, Guanda, 2015.The anthology is the Italian version of Lost Betweenpublished by New Island in 2015.Welcoming remarks by Renata Sperandio,ValerieBistany and Catherine Dunne.Readings in English and Italian by Sean Hardie, AfricMcGlinchey, Liz McManus, Nuala Ní Chonchúir andFederica Sgaggio.Musical performance by Giulio “Julyo” D’Agostino,Italian guitarist, composer and music publisher.“Displacement’ is something very familiar to both Irishand Italians: emigration is a leitmotif of both of our histories.All writing is an act of translation – the translationof experience into words, into image and metaphor.The 15 writers whose work forms this anthology takedisplacement as their theme. Their writing is a rich mixof poetry and prose, their approaches as diverse as thewriters themselves. Their stories and poems are moving,insightful, and sometimes startling. The observations wefind there are frequently offbeat, slyly humorous, andthe joy of playing with language is everywhere evident”.Catherine Dunne and Federica Sgaggio