Date: 27 March 2026 (Thu)
Time: 7:30 pm
Venue: Dante Alighieri Society Hong Kong, Room 702, 7/F, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Road, Wan Chai
Language: performance in Italian with English surtitles.
Registration required. Click here to register.
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STORIES OF BOOKS is a reading performance created and showcased by Enrico Paci that tells the story of the book through the history of the Paci Publishing Bookstore LA TIFERNATE in Città di Castello and the reprinting of great classics of Italian literature, with a particular focus on Carlo Collodi’s text The Adventures of Pinocchio.
The show weaves together narration, historical insight, and visual suggestions, guiding the audience into the stories, lives, and passions surrounding the making of a book: from the author to the illustrator, and finally to the printer.
The performance also brings along small elements from the exhibition connected to the project, integrating objects from the original period such as preparatory drawings, linoleum matrices, historical advertisements, and original volumes which become an integral part of the stage narrative, transforming the event into an immersive experience that merges word, object, and typographic memory.