The Princess of Lampedusa: A Tale of Eros, Passion, and Family Secrets

Before the Prince of Lampedusa, there is a princess. At the heart of the world that inspired the magnificent pages of The Leopard, there is a woman: the mother of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Princess Beatrice Tasca Filangieri di Cutò. Ruggero Cappuccio brings us the modernity, charisma, and courage of this extraordinary character in 'The Princess of Lampedusa', a story of eros, passions, mysteries, and family secrets. The novel, published by Feltrinelli, will be presented next Thursday, March 21, at the Sannazaro Theater in Naples. At 6:30 pm, in the space of via Chiaia, the author will discuss with Antonella Ippolito, while Enzo De Caro, Claudio Di Palma, Simona Fredella, Gea Martire, and Francesco Panarella will read excerpts from the book. Students from the University of Naples Federico II will also participate in the presentation. A true event within the event that will introduce us, through the story of an event set in May 1943 in a Palermo devastated by Allied bombings, to a female figure of great charm and her ideals of freedom. Capable, as a world is disappearing and the present crumbles in a war scenario, of looking to the future through the melancholic eyes of her son Giuseppe and the splendid vitality of Eugenia, a young woman to whom the princess of Lampedusa will teach the path of liberation and the awareness of her own worth. Knowing well that 'one must have lived at least one extraordinary experience to endure normality', but also that 'duels between love and pain always end in a draw'.