Wanda Marasco to inaugurate reading series in Campobasso

Wanda Marasco, winner of the 2025 Campiello Prize, is set to inaugurate the autumn season of the ‘Ti racconto un libro 2026’ reading series in Campobasso. She will present her novel, ‘Di spalle a questo mondo’.

The novel is set in 19th-century Naples and explores human fragility and the search for redemption through the stories of Ferdinando Palasciano, a doctor obsessed with overcoming death, and Olga Pavlova Vavilova. The event is organized by the Municipality of Campobasso and the Unione Lettori Italiani.