Tuesday 8 November, 7pm

Lontano dalla vetta - Di donne felici e capre ribelli by Caterina Soffici (Ponte alle Grazie)

The author in conversation with Ornella Tarantola

IN ITALIAN

There are those who go to the mountains searching for the essence of life, to escape their own ghosts and anxieties. Then there are those, like the author, who just find themselves there, by chance. She was dreaming of balmy weather and the beaches of the Mediterranean, but an Event has brought her to a chalet on the Alps, 1700 metres high, in a village just below the Monte Rosa glacier, where, thanks to a flock of goats, a pack of wolves, an eagle and some fairy-like characters, she has realized that you can lead a simpler life and (maybe) find happiness in the small things. It doesn't take much to slow down and live in a different way: walking, breathing, chopping wood, practicing yoga or just sitting on a rock, warmed up by the sun. You don't have to run to get to the top, because what you need is not to get higher and higher, rather to reclaim your own pace of life.