In the presentation of this new work, the author will perform a theatrical monologue of about 35-40 minutes in which some aspects of the story and the protagonists will be addressed, linking them to current affairs, including cinema, cult of the image and journalism.
Professor Beatrice Stasi (University of Salento) talks with the author.
THE BOOK. After fifteen years of absence from the scene, Tom Vega returns to success by winning his first Golden Globe as the protagonist of the television series GreyZone, of which the third and final season is scheduled. The actor, now on the crest of the wave, receives the flattering proposal of a film on the life of George Michael in which he was chosen as the protagonist. Amelie, Tom Vega's young make-up artist since the beginning of the series, dissatisfied with the cinematographic environment, decides to close with that world and devote herself full time to her true passion: painting. He makes this choice keeping in the dark Tom for whom, over time, he has started to nurture a feeling that goes beyond friendship. Lara, thanks to a solid apprenticeship in the local news, has found her way in journalism, but suffers from the uncomfortable reality of an underpaid profession, without timetables and stingy with professional gratifications. Discouraged by this way of working, she accepts the fragrant offer of Sunny Day, an afternoon entertainment broadcast, known for its sensationalistic approach. A few days after the broadcast of the third season, Sunny Day, makes a revelation on Tom's dark past destined to upset the life of the three protagonists in a few days. Cover by Paolo Solazzo.
THE AUTHOR. Andrea Martina (San Pietro Vernotico 1990) lives in Cellino San Marco: he is a writer, screenwriter, theatrical author. He is the author of the novels Fratelli di Strada (Il Filo, 2012) and C'e chi dice No (Lupo Editore, 2015), while for the theater he wrote and interpreted the shows Il Gigante - Life in coal (2015), Amata Terra Mia - Domenico Modugno before the myth (2016) and Sulle Strade dei Briganti (2019).
The encounter between books and theater led him to create the show -The Mediterranean- by De André, from which the homonymous essay published in 2017 was taken, protagonist of a long tour of presentations that, throughout Italy, have passed the hundred replicas.
In 2019 he graduated in Modern Literature at the University of Salento. He collaborates with LOST - the Observatory of the TV Series of the University of Salento. Season Three is his third novel.
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