Roberto Saviano is now considering leaving Italy to reclaim his life. "I’m still only 28, I want to write. [..] I felt the moral obligation to become a symbol...but now I want to rebuild my life, far from the shadows”
You chose: camorra
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An appeals court upheld sixteen life imprisonments of members of the most powerful Mafia crime ring in the Naples area in a high-stakes trial on Thursday. A book, Gomorrah, was the main reason for sparking the interest in the current court case
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"The territory is divided into fiefs; leadership is turned over to a capozona (local boss); membership is expanded through blood ties; and they show an extraordinary capacity to exploit links with local entrepreneurs…"
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Not since the 1970’s and the Years of Lead has Italian society been confronted with such an onslaught of problems, all at the same time, and all on ghastly display here in Naples...
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The author of the chilling literary hit "Gomorra", speaks at the CUNY Graduate Center as part of the PEN/Faulkner reading series in New York. Saviano gave an affecting on-stage interview to Professor Antonio Monda, in front of an audience that consisted, for the most part, of expectant, liberal-minded Italians. Beppe Grillo t-shirts abounded.
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A long-lost relative from Brooklyn finds his way to an Italian kids' movie.
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Dopo il "New York Times", anche "The Economist" in Inghilterra ha inserito «Gomorra» nell'elenco dei titoli più importanti del 2007: il libro di Roberto Saviano è l'unico titolo italiano ad essere presente in entrambe le liste che come ogni fine anno vengono redatte dai due importanti giornali per segnalare i libri più significativi pubblicati in lingua inglese negli ultimi dodici mesi
