Melania G. Mazzucco & Jhumpa Lahiri

<p>April 26, 2006 | Casa Italiana at NYU | New York City<br />

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<b>Discussed: </b>reconstructing a family story from narrative fragments and documentary artifacts, the metaphor of two boats, the impact of emigration on contemporary Italian culture, the universal legend of immigration, and the process of adapting <i>Vita</i> for the screen.</p>

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