Brian Robert Moore presents Lalla Romano's "A Silence Shared" with Francesca Peacock

Translator Brian Robert Moore joins us to present his translation of Italian author Lalla Romano's novel "A Silence Shared," in conversation with Francesca Peacock. This virtual event, brought to you in partnership with our friends at ‪@thirdplacebooksevents1303‬in Seattle, took place on Zoom. To purchase a copy of the book from Community Bookstore: communitybooks... Or from Third Place Books: www.thirdplace...
About the book:
A diamond-sharp, Italian classic about the mysterious relationships between two partisan couples in German-occupied Italy in the wintry mountains of Piemonte.
Translated into English for the first time, "A Silence Shared" is a captivating classic novel that inhabits the silent spaces between historic events, depicting the mysterious luminosity of human relationships in extraordinary circumstances.
In prose of subtle, enigmatic atmospheres and acutely precise images, Lalla Romano evokes both the tension and the stillness of life in occupied Italy.
Sheltering from the war in a provincial town outside of Turin, Giulia and her husband Stefano feel an instant affinity with Ada and Paolo: she a spontaneous, vibrant young woman, he a sickly intellectual, a teacher and partisan in hiding.
As the Germans begin to occupy Italy, a subtle dance of attractions between the couples begins, intensified by their shared isolation and the muffled hum of threat over a long, hard winter.
About our guests:
Brian Robert Moore is a literary translator and writer from New York City. His translations from the Italian include Lalla Romano’s "A Silence Shared," Goliarda Sapienza’s "Meeting in Positano," and Michele Mari’s "You, Bleeding Childhood." He has received a National Endowment for the Arts Translation Fellowship, a Santa Maddalena Foundation Fellowship, a PEN Translates award, and, for his translation of A Silence Shared, the PEN Grant for the English Translation of Italian Literature.
Francesca Peacock is an author and arts journalist from London, and writes for The Spectator, The Times, The Telegraph, and the TLS. She has previously written about Natalia Ginzburg's political texts. Her first book, "Pure Wit: The Revolutionary Life of Margaret Cavendish," is a biography of the little-known feminist pioneer and will be published by Head of Zeus in September 2023.