Claudia Durastanti: Missitalia, with Carlo Levi's Christ Stopped at Eboli

Claudia Durastanti presents her novel Missitalia at Literaturhaus Berlin with Deniz Utlu and translator Martin Hallmannsecker, who introduces his new German translation of Carlo Levi's memoir Christus kam nur bis Eboli.

The novel (Hanser Zsolnay, 2026) is set in Basilicata, the region Levi called Lucania, and follows three women across three centuries. Levi's book, first published in 1945, is newly out from Wagenbach.

The evening is in German, English and Italian. Doors open at 18:30; a livestream is available.