I, Pinocchio, the True & Only One

The Dante Alighieri Society of BC invites you to a talk by Prof. Carlo Testa:

Pinocchio, the True & Only One: Confessions of a former puppet who converted from matter to soul

About the event:

At the tender age of 140, I, Pinocchio, the true and only one, am upset that a foolish and debased version of my life experience should so widely circulate in the world, especially in the English-speaking part of it.

True, when I was a puppet I was foolish and did foolish things. But that’s no reason, today, to deny the significant lesson that my vicissitudes contain.

I have now the opportunity to share my hard-won insights with the Italophile community in Vancouver through my acquaintance, Carlo Testa. Carlo is passionate about my life and (mis)deeds and can address the public in a tongue foreign to me. He does not know everything about me, but I…