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Addio, Mama Africa

George De Stefano

South African singer and anti-apartheid icon Miriam Makeba died shortly after her concert at Castel Volturno, near Naples. Her final performance was dedicated to the fight against...

Gomorra's Author to Leave Italy?

E.M.

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...

From Gomorrah to the Courtroom

Andrea Di Camillo

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...

Naples Walks Alone, on Burning and Bloodied Sidewalks

Judith Harris

"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...

Garbage, Gypsies, "Gamorra", Girls and Gays: Waiting for Mr. Berlusconi

Judith Harris

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...

Roberto Saviano Between the Lines

Eleonora Mazzucchi

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...

What Do Pizza, Mario Merola, and the Camorra Have to Do with Ikea?

Laura E. Ruberto

A long-lost relative from Brooklyn finds his way to an Italian kids' movie.

Libri/ Gomorra. L'inferno Campania

Franco Borrelli

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...

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