The Library of Congress European Division &  Italian Language Table,
the Embassy of Italy & Italian Cultural Institute
with the collaboration of New Academia Publishing
and Italians in DC/ParoLab
have the pleasure to invite you to:
 

James Madison Memorial Building
101 Independence Avenue, SE, Washington
Mary Pickford Theater, LM-302, 3rd Floor

Thursday, February 23, from 3:00-4:00 p.m.
 
Edoardo Albinati  is an Italian writer and he is the recipient of the prestigious Italian Literary Award Premio Strega 2016
for his latest novel La scuola cattolica (2016).
His novel is in part a bildungsroman, in part a  memoir, and perhaps even a contemporary epic of Italian society in the 1970s.
The novel is centered around a horrific murder that in 1975 shocked the whole country
and was committed by a group of young Italian men who frequented the same Catholic school that Albinati attended.  
 
The event is free and open to the public.
It will be in English with a few readings from Italian. 
 
Contact Lucia Wolf at lwolf@loc.gov, 202-707-2256
Request ASL and ADA accommodation five days in advance at 202-707-6362 or at ada@loc.gov