Dear readers,
as part of the 25th Week of the Italian Language in the World, the Italian Cultural Institute in Haifa invites you to the first meeting of the Book Club 2025 – Autumn Edition:
Goliarda Sapienza, The Art of Joy
Presented by Shirley Finzi Loew
Tuesday, 28 October 2025, 6:00 PM (Israel) · Online: Webex & YouTube
Free event in Hebrew
👉 Register now (to receive the Webex link): REGISTRATION FORM
📧 After registering, you will receive an email with the link to join the event.
➡️ Scroll down to the GREEN “JOIN MEETING” button
🖱 Click and choose whether to join via the Webex app or directly from your browser
🙋♂️ You can join as a guest or sign in with your account
📺 YouTube live stream: https://www.youtube.com/@istitutoitalianodiculturad8639/streams
You’re warmly welcome even if you haven’t read the novel yet—this is a friendly space for listening, questions, and curiosity.
📚 Book availability: the Italian edition is digital-only on MLOL (no print copies).
📝 If you can’t join live, please register anyway: we’ll send a reminder and the recording link. The recording will be available afterwards on our YouTube channel.
Micro-blurb
Modesta, born in early-20th-century Sicily, turns rebellion and desire into a path to freedom: a coming-of-age and emancipation novel that celebrates the courage to choose one’s own joy.
Image: Public Domain (copyright has expired).
