Roberto Saviano
Opinions and recommended stories about Roberto Saviano. Saviano is an Italian writer and journalist. In 2006 he released his bestselling book Gomorrah, which describes the clandestine particulars of the Camorra business. Because his... [more]
Opinions and recommended stories about Roberto Saviano. Saviano is an Italian writer and journalist. In 2006 he released his bestselling book Gomorrah, which describes the clandestine particulars of the Camorra business. Because his writing often concentrates on the Italian mafia, he's received many death threats and actually has a permanent police escort. Follow Saviano here.
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This film is not one based on a true story but on a representation of reality. Author Roberto Saviano penned his novel Gomorra back in 2006 as an informational piece, aiming to bare the domineering presence of the Comorra–a quasi-underground crime syndicate–to an unknowing world. He currently lives under police protection, for his life has been threatened several times by Comorra heads. Obviously, that which Saviano disclosed in his book...
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In my "B" review of Gomorrah last December I opened saying "its dedication to [Roberto Saviano's non-fiction story] causes the film to lack focus as it spreads itself too thin by telling five separate stories." After seeing it a second time I still stand by this statement, but not as adamantly as I did before. [...]
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Savianos 2006 veröffentlichtes Buch «Gomorrha. Reise in das Reich der Camorra» eroberte weltweit die Bestseller-Listen. Seither kann Saviano kein normales Leben mehr führen. Er wird rund um die Uhr von Bodyguards bewacht, kann sich nur in gepanzerten Autos fortbewegen und muss regelmäßig seinen Wohnort wechseln. In «Das Gegenteil von Tod» beschreibt Saviano das schwierige Leben von Jugendlichen, die in Süditalien ein Auskommen ohne die Mafia...
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The Internazionale Festival this past weekend here in Italy was primarily a gathering of journalists and writers talking about Very Important Issues in front of people – and thus it is not surprising that the subject of Silvio Berlusconi surfaced on more than one occasion. Silvio Berlusconi is to Italy what Davíd Oddsson is to [...]
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HOW MUCH police protection does the best-selling anti-Mafia writer Roberto Saviano really need? That surprising question was posited this week by senior Naples policeman Vittorio Pisani, who in an interview with daily Corriere Della Sera seemed to ...
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