Set Me Free

How Shakespeare Saved A Life

Biography & Memoir, Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book Set Me Free by Salvatore Striano, The Text Publishing Company
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Salvatore Striano ISBN: 9781925626001
Publisher: The Text Publishing Company Publication: October 2, 2017
Imprint: Text Publishing Language: English
Author: Salvatore Striano
ISBN: 9781925626001
Publisher: The Text Publishing Company
Publication: October 2, 2017
Imprint: Text Publishing
Language: English

Sasà grew up in Naples. He never went to school, and instead grew up with street violence and bloodshed, becoming the leader of a gang of boys mixed up with the Camorra by the age of fourteen. At the age of thirty, he was in prison, his life all but mapped out.

That’s when Shakespeare steps in. At Sasà’s most hopeless point, he is persuaded to join the prison’s drama troupe. In Shakespeare’s Tempest, Sasà stumbles on what he needs to explain the world which has defined his own life.

Set Me Free: How Shakespeare Saved A Life is a story about betrayal, forgiveness and, above all, the transformative power of reading.

Salvatore Striano was born in 1972 in Naples. During a stint in prison, he discovered a love of reading and theatre. Striano is now a successful actor and has had a number of roles in cinema and TV, including Cesare deve morire, based on Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar (Golden Bear at the Berlin Festival).

‘An interesting and lively story of an individual who rediscovers his dignity’ Otago Daily Times

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Sasà grew up in Naples. He never went to school, and instead grew up with street violence and bloodshed, becoming the leader of a gang of boys mixed up with the Camorra by the age of fourteen. At the age of thirty, he was in prison, his life all but mapped out.

That’s when Shakespeare steps in. At Sasà’s most hopeless point, he is persuaded to join the prison’s drama troupe. In Shakespeare’s Tempest, Sasà stumbles on what he needs to explain the world which has defined his own life.

Set Me Free: How Shakespeare Saved A Life is a story about betrayal, forgiveness and, above all, the transformative power of reading.

Salvatore Striano was born in 1972 in Naples. During a stint in prison, he discovered a love of reading and theatre. Striano is now a successful actor and has had a number of roles in cinema and TV, including Cesare deve morire, based on Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar (Golden Bear at the Berlin Festival).

‘An interesting and lively story of an individual who rediscovers his dignity’ Otago Daily Times

More books from The Text Publishing Company

Cover of the book The Women In Black: Text Classics by Salvatore Striano
Cover of the book Something Fishy by Salvatore Striano
Cover of the book Blueprints for a Barbed-Wire Canoe by Salvatore Striano
Cover of the book Real Dirt by Salvatore Striano
Cover of the book Lillipilly Hill by Salvatore Striano
Cover of the book The Puzzleheaded Girl by Salvatore Striano
Cover of the book An Iron Rose: Text Classics by Salvatore Striano
Cover of the book The Dying Trade: Text Classics by Salvatore Striano
Cover of the book Five Parts Dead by Salvatore Striano
Cover of the book A Fence Around the Cuckoo by Salvatore Striano
Cover of the book Whispering in the Wind by Salvatore Striano
Cover of the book The Best Film I Never Made by Salvatore Striano
Cover of the book Griffith Review 51 by Salvatore Striano
Cover of the book From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage by Salvatore Striano
Cover of the book The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife by Salvatore Striano
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy