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Italian Literature Book Group *in person (Dante members only)

Tue, Jun 08

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Location will be emailed to guests

WE CAN’T VISIT ITALY AT THE MOMENT, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY VISIT IN OUR IMAGINATIONS…Dante would like to invite you to join an Italophile’s Book Group!

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Italian Literature Book Group   *in person (Dante members only)
Italian Literature Book Group   *in person (Dante members only)

Time & Location

Jun 08, 2021, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Location will be emailed to guests

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About the Event

The focus of the book group is fiction and non-fiction; books written by Italian authors (in translation); books written by any author, set in Italy, and books about Italy. It’s a large set, but one book generally leads in the direction of the next, so we won’t feel discombobulated. The moderator of the book club is Connie Bertuca, former high school English teacher, lover of books and Italian travel, and perpetual Italian 2 student.

📚 The June Book Selection  — War in the Val D’Orcia by Iris Origo.  In the Second World War, Italy was torn apart by German armies, civil war, and the Allied invasion. In a corner of Tuscany, one woman—born in England, married to an Italian—kept a record of daily life in a country at war. Iris Origo’s powerful diary, War in Val d’Orcia, is the spare and vivid account of what happened when a peaceful farming valley became a battleground.

*the size of the group is limited to 10 members.  Now that we are beginning to meet in-person at someone's home (outside), everyone participating must be fully vaccinated.  

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The Dante Alighieri Society of Santa Cruz is a 501(c)(3) corporation dedicated to the study and promotion of Italian culture and language.  

Dante Alighieri Society of Santa Cruz

P.O. Box 4253

Santa Cruz, CA 95063

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