{"id":7128,"date":"2025-02-24T13:53:28","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T12:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iicedimburgo.esteri.it\/?page_id=7128"},"modified":"2026-09-29T14:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T13:07:09","slug":"the-italian-book-club","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iicedimburgo.esteri.it\/en\/lingua-e-cultura\/i-corsi-di-lingua\/the-italian-book-club\/","title":{"rendered":"The Italian Book Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">In 2 meetings of 1 hour and 30 minutes each, the <strong>Italian Book Club<\/strong> will explore the novel <em><strong>Mia madre aveva una cinquecento gialla <\/strong><\/em><strong>by Enrica Ferrara<\/strong>\u00a0(in Italian).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">During the meetings with their Book Club tutor, participants will have the opportunity to learn more about the author and background of the chosen book, read aloud a few chosen passages and learn more about grammar, language structures and vocabulary throughout the reading.<\/span> <span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Participants will then be encouraged to discuss and ask questions about the book&#8217;s characters, plot, message, style, and overall enjoyment of their specific reading experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">New Italian Book Club dates for autumn 2026 (<em>Mia madre aveva una cinquecento gialla <\/em>by Enrica Ferrara) are:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Wednesday 14 October from 17:30 &#8211; 19:00<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Wednesday 28 October from 17:30 &#8211; 19:00 <\/strong><strong>&#8211; meet the author Enrica Ferrara<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Mia madre aveva una Cinquecento gialla<\/em> (Fazi, 2024) is a bittersweet debut about a family suddenly ensnared within the political scandals that divided Italy towards the Eighties, across the years of Lead and the infamous kidnapping of Aldo Moro.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The price for the Italian Book Club will be <strong>\u00a340.00\/\u00a330.00 for concessions<\/strong> (students, pensioners, unemployed, members and students of the Italian Institute of Culture) and includes the loan of a digital or physical copy of the book.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For information and enrolments, please email <a href=\"mailto:corsi.iicedimburgo@esteri.it\"><strong>corsi.iicedimburgo@esteri.it<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">The Italian Book Club is dedicated to students with advanced Italian proficiency (from B2 to C2).<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In 2 meetings of 1 hour and 30 minutes each, the Italian Book Club will explore the novel Mia madre aveva una cinquecento gialla by Enrica Ferrara\u00a0(in Italian). 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