by Pietro Neglie
Prof. Pietro Neglie, University of Trieste, will present his latest book: Ma la divisa di un altro colore.
Two soldiers, two men, the twin souls of the Italy of their time, are protagonists in an extraordinary novel, a fusion of historical reconstruction and narrative. Spring 1915: Antonio, a peasant from Friuli, intending to take up the religious life, and Carlo, an electrician from Rome and frequenter of brothels, are called to the front. In the trenches, a close relationship develops between them, strengthened by the ideal of a common homeland, and by the consciousness of the brutality of the conflict.
After the war, their paths diverge: Carlo joins the Fascist Party, in pursuit of an ideal of discipline and honour; Antonio contacts the trade unions and becomes first a socialist, and later a partisan. Both are caught up in the dramatic history of Italy, and Europe, in the interwar years until, many years later, with widely differing beliefs, history brings them back together, adversaries but with their friendship intact.
The year 2014 is the Centenary of World War I.
The author will be in conversation with Prof. Philip Cooke, University of Strathclyde, and the event will be chaired by Dr. Davide Messina, University of Edinburgh.
This event will be in English and Italian with simultaneous translation provided.
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