When: Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 6PM - Where: Italian Cultural Institute, 686 Park Avenue, New York - What: Author and translator Michael Moore, in conversation with journalist Gianni Riotta. A presentation of the first new English translation in fifty years, by Michael Moore, of I Promessi Sposi, the timeless masterpiece by Alessandro Manzoni (1785-1873).

I promessi sposi is both the most beloved and the most hated novel in Italian literature. Required reading in the Italian schools ever since the formation of the Italian nation, it has long suffered from its status as “homework.” The publication of the first new English translation of the novel in 50 years invites us to take a fresh look at this masterpiece.