The mysterious bond uniting man and nature hidden in the work of the great Swiss novelist Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz: "The mountain falls on us" (Ideafelix).
The great protagonist of this story, its living, breathing heroine, is a mountain, a creature that speaks and to which human beings respond. Sometimes it laughs, plays tricks, plays with the devil, and has a clear will of its own. It is an evil and all-powerful mountain that oppressesman, crushes him with its stones, but does not defeat him.Antoine Point, his wife Thérése and the child she is carrying, the villagers, each fall victim to nature's violence. But they survive "miraculously," and rebuild their lives through the power oflove.Written in 1934, this is the masterpiece of Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, considered by Céline to be one of the few authentic French-language authors. Inspired by a true event-the landslide that came off Mount Diablerets in 1714-The Mountain Falls on Us is a lyrical novel , irregularly styled, magical and compelling , revealing theinscrutable and mysterious bond that unitesman to his environment.
Nocturnes at the Garden
Five reading meetings organized byThe Garden Association in collaboration with the Semmelweis Literary Circle and thePeter Russell Cultural Association, under the patronage of the municipalities of Figline Incisa Valdarno and Castelfranco Piandiscò.
Free admission.