Launching a Social Reading Campaign in Castel Volturno

On Wednesday, March 13th, at the OstiNati wine & food of Castel Volturno, the 'Social Campaign for Reading' kicks off, a socio-cultural initiative conceived by the entrepreneur Paolo Luongo. Surprising everyone with the originality of the idea, unique in Italy, Luongo wanted to encourage his customers to read by donating selected books in his venue. A real enterprise that is hoped to have positive repercussions for the social fabric of the Campanian town. 'We live in a period of particular discomfort, both culturally and humanly, my intention is to start the young people who frequent my venues on reading, convincing them to reflect on current issues, a starting point to discuss aspects of life narrated by writers as examples for all historical epochs. The selection of texts will be carried out with particular attention so that they can involve future readers of all ages,' declared the entrepreneur on the eve of the event. 'Our hope is to create a movement of peaceful discussion where our venue is not only a meeting place, but a real place of cultural debate,' continued Andrea Russo, Luongo's partner. The first work distributed to customers on Wednesday, March 13th will be 'I am the Arrow' by Enza Petrilli (Readaction Editions), a Paralympic athlete, world champion in archery. The text was chosen for its precious message of self-search towards existential rebirth. The author, who was paralyzed following a road accident, is the testimony of how one can find oneself again to regain a new place in the world, despite life forcing us into unchosen changes. The intent is to start with a book that is a stimulus not to give up, a debut, the next one, that will trace a path rich in encounters and confrontations for the young people of Castel Volturno and not only.