"When I return to San Francisco in October, I will start calling my fellow citizens every day to ask them to go and vote. I will do this until election day for the midterm elections on November 3rd. I have an expectation. I think and hope that there will be a change in the composition of Congress and that this will cause certain things to stop happening." This was said by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Andrew Sean Greer at Pordenonelegge, presenting his new novel 'Villa Coco' (La nave di Teseo), set mainly in Tuscany.
"It must also be said that I am a great optimist and this is also the reason why I write humorous novels, but I have hopes," explained Greer, who lives between Venice and San Francisco.
"Certainly for me Italy today represents an escape from a difficult moment for my country. Italy has its problems, but they are not my fault. Whereas for America I feel that it is my fault, and it is nice to wake up and have six hours before the news arrives. I feel free here. There is also a personal aspect, which is the possibility of reinventing oneself, of doing things differently," said the writer, who was born in Washington in 1970.
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