‘Mezzogiorno: Life. Death. Southern Italy’, by David Kerekes

Wednesday 21st November, 2012

1pm, Arts 2

No geographical map distinguishes Montefalcione as being different from any number
of isolated mountain villages in southern Italy. It has ancient customs and its own
saints and feast days, like other villages. Yet Montefalcione in Campania is the setting
for a unique meditation on family and the Italian Diaspora, reconstructing three
generations of village life through myth, superstition, and the anecdotal history of the
author’s own family. Author David Kerekes will read an extract from his novel
Mezzogiorno: Life. Death. Southern Italy (Headpress, 2012) and talk a little about its background, and the inspiration to write it.