Nadia Terranova on Using Tarot Cards as a Narrative Tool in Fiction
At a seminar named Scrittura e tarocchi, hosted by the Fenysia school in Florence, author Nadia Terranova (born in Messina, 1978) explores the role of the twenty-two Major Arcana in shaping characters and plots. In her 2022 novel Trema la notte (Einaudi), which takes place in Messina and Reggio Calabria during the earthquake on December 28, 1908, Terranova assigned a tarot card to each principal character, impacting the storyline. The narrative centers on eleven-year-old Nicola and Barbara, a young woman fleeing an arranged marriage. Terranova highlights the Fool's journey as a representation of life. The seminar consists of six online sessions, concluding on November 11, 2026.
Fatti principali
- Nadia Terranova was born in Messina in 1978
- Her novel Trema la notte was published by Einaudi in 2022
- The novel is set during the earthquake of 28 December 1908 in Messina and Reggio Calabria
- Terranova assigned a tarot card to each main character while writing the book
- The seminar Scrittura e tarocchi is organized by the Florence school Fenysia
- The seminar comprises six online sessions ending 11 November 2026
- Italo Calvino's Il castello dei destini incrociati first appeared in 1969 and was published by Einaudi in 1973
- Calvino's idea originated in a 1968 seminar by Paolo Fabbri in Urbino
- T. S. Eliot used Madame Sosostris in The Waste Land (1922)
- Margaret Atwood reflected on writing through three tarot cards
Entità
Artisti
- Nadia Terranova
- Margaret Atwood
- T. S. Eliot
- Italo Calvino
- Paolo Fabbri
- Ginevra Barbetti
- Madame Sosostris
Istituzioni
- Fenysia
- Einaudi
- Artribune
Luoghi
- Messina
- Italy
- Reggio Calabria
- Florence
- Urbino