The exhibit is hosted by the Robarts Library and focuses osn a character, an aspect, a site in the city which is well known also abroad, i.e. La Scala, the Illuminists, the Polytechnic, San Siro, Piazza degli Affari, the Stazione Centrale, so as to have a less common outlook on the city by creating non-linear itineraries to be enjoyed on foot, inspired by literary suggestions. The exhibit will be on until Aug. 27th and will be organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Toronto, in cooperation with the Arnoldo and Alberto Mondadori Foundation and the Robarts Library. The exhibit, described in English and Italian, is fdivided into three sections. 'The Writers' circle' will run across the streets of Milan where authors like Alessandro Manzoni and Eugenio Montale lived tomthe outskirts where Testori wrote and the contemporary settings for thrillers. 'The Authors' Archipelago' narrates the story, expectations and even the illusions of all those who, during the 20th century, thought of Milan as a place where their dream of publishing could come true - people as Mondadori, Feltrinelli, Longanesi and Rizzoli to the more recent independent publishers. 'The readers' squares' are meant to be a horizontal and multidisciplinary course going through all the most typically Milanese places which have, in time, become symbols of the relationship between people of Milan and the art pf reading. From the large and historic libraries as the Braidense and the Ambrosiana, to the antique bookshops narrated by Umberto Eco, including the Bohemienne Bilanciardi bar which was famous in the 60s, and restaurants as Bagutta which was the cradle of the first literary prizes, specialised bookshops on cartoons, the sea, sports, and photographic publications. (AGI)