The Girls of Tunis • Meeting with Luca Bianchini
Monday 28 September, 9am – ESSECI sclab
Tunis, 1959-1961. The Brancata family, of Sicilian origin, live amidst the cosmopolitan atmosphere of the city: Maria, a proud thirty-eight-year-old, raises her three daughters alone while her husband works in the fields. She works as a dressmaker in the Borgel neighborhood; a widower courts her, but she is drawn to the girls, especially Anna, a sixteen-year-old dreamer supported by her uncle Jojo. With Marinette, Anna discovers cinema and fashion. Vitina and Pupetta complete the family picture. The approach of Tunisian independence brings farewells, fears, but also love, secrets, and new stories in a vivid and moving novel. Luca Bianchini presents the book Le ragazze di Tunisi (Mondadori, 2026) in conversation with Stefania Chiavero. Edited by scrittorincittà.
Luca Bianchini was born on February 11, 1970 in Turin. He continues to write in the kitchen, even though he hasn't yet learned to fry like his mother. Since 2003, Mondadori has published all of his novels: Instant Love, I Follow You Every Night, the biography of Eros Ramazzotti, Eros – I Swear, If Tomorrow the Weather Is Good, We're Just Friends, I Only Love You and Christmas Dinner – which were made into two highly successful films –, Tell Me You Believe in Destiny, No One Like Us – brought to the big screen the following year -, I Know You'll Come Back One Day, Kisses from Polignano, Wives Are Always Right and The Heart Is a Gypsy.
How to participate
The event is free, but you must reserve your spot by clicking here (reservations open from September 16th).
