On Tuesday, the Italian Cultural Institute and Merlin Publishers are presenting an online discussion with Italian authors Giacomo Mazzariol, Paola Frusca and Federico Buffa on the occasion of the publication of their books’ Maltese translation.
Mazzariol is the author of Mio fratello rincorre i dinosauri (2016, Giulio Einaudi Editore), which has been translated into Maltese by Ludvic Azzopardi Ferrando, who will also be present for the discussion.
The plot follows five-year-old Jack, who has two sisters but no brother to play with. One day his parents announce that a ‘special’ brother is on the way. Thus Jack imagines him as a superhero with amazing powers, like the characters in his comic books.