Salvezza by Marco Rizzo and Lelio Bonaccorso : a graphic novel to report the odyssey of Aquarius ship at Romics

 

On Sunday 7 October at 13:00 (Pav.9), Marco Rizzo, journalist and writer and Lelio Bonaccorso, illustrator and comic-book artist will present, in a dialogue with Pietro Melati, their latest book “Salvezza” (Feltrinelli Comics). A work of graphic journalism born aboard the Aquarius, the SOS Mediterranée ship on mission in the Mediterranean for rescuing migrants off the coast of Libya. During the journey the two authors have gathered the witnesses of those who have crossed the desert in search of a better life, the complains of those who have fled from war, the reports of those who have survived and the smiles of those who have saved their lives.