Tag: Ester Tossi
William McIlvanney – The Big Man
To resist betrayal, in spite of any flattery; to preserve one’s roots, regardless of temptations; to struggle as if any defeat meant the loss...
Edogawa Ranpo – Beast in the Shadows
Masks
An author finds himself investigating some threatening letters sent to a woman who believes that they are from an old flame. The author, however,...
Dario Tonani – Chronicles of World9
Metal, sand, bones and blood.
In an inhospitable world where wide deserts alternate with expanses of ice, the sand ships sail. In order to survive...
Anna Ettore – Solitudes
He observed that his bus was late again that morning. Fortunately just for a few minutes, but enough to make him rush to get...
Antonia Buizza – Beautiful
«Oh just look at her: isn’t she just like a little doll?»
«Pink is really her colour. Well then, Bettina, are you happy? Do you...
Essayists are more inventive than novelists – Interview with Luigi Amara
Poetics of recovery. This is what the works of Luigi Amara appear to be. Amara is a Mexican essayist and poet, author of books...
The Book Thief
The Book Thief is an American “kolossal” costing 19 million and distributed worldwide with overall takings of almost 80 million. In Italy is was...
Heiko H. Caimi – From the well (J’accuse)
If we are afraid of opinions that are not all the rage,
if what other people think scares us,
if we don’t have the courage to...
Gabriella Tonin – Essential
The skyline becomes narrower and narrower making room for that shining element that my father enjoyed more than I did. I am torn: it’s as...
Silvio Donà – The first copy arrives
“It’s here!”
My wife’s voice on the phone is excited, even a little bit scared.
“Are you sure? ” I ask. It’s a stupid question, I...