On the occasion of the Salone Off 2024
Saturday 11 May
arrives in theaters Shinhanga
Giorgio Amitrano, official translator
in Italia di Murakami e Banana Yoshimoto
This weekend the theaters of Shinhanga. The New Wave of Japanese Prints they open the doors to an exceptional guest. On the occasion of Salone Off 2024, Saturday 11 May arrives at Palazzo Barolo Giorgio Amitranothe official translator in Italy of Haruki Murakami, Banana Yoshimoto and other famous Japanese authors, who 17.30in the meeting The Metamorphoses of the Shining Princewill tell us about one of the great classics of Japanese literature: the “Genji monogatari”.
“The story of Genji”, this is the title in Italian, tells the story of Hikaru Genjj, known as “the Shining One”, one of the sons of the Emperor of Japan, following him in his growth path, in the transition from adolescence to adulthood adulthood, through her fall and rise to power. The work saw the light at the beginning of the year 1000 in the court environments of the Heian era, and in the centuries to come it was a source of inspiration for many writers, immediately making its author, the lady-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu, join the ranks of the great names of Japanese literature.
Together with Giorgio Amitrano we will discover how this novel, still extremely current, has been declined in a surprising variety of theatrical and cinematographic adaptations, manga and anime versions, still remaining one of the most important stories of world literature today.