CLOSEActor Richard Gere in conversation with Giovanna Calvino and Director of NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, Stefano Albertini. Photo by Shushu Chen Video of Richard Gere reads the timeless Italo Calvino! CLICK THE IMAGE TO WATCH the video. Few significant moments of the event at Casa Italiana Zerilli-MarimòThe original doesn’t get old, the translations do. Giovanna CalvinoItalian Writer Italo CalvinoThe book is saturated with generosity, and a sense of love and care and concern…it’s inherent. Richard GereAnn Goldstein's 2017 English Adaptation of The Baron in the TreesRichard Gere during the reading at Casa Italiana. Photo by Shushu Chen