Tag: Inkroci 8
Michela Murgia – Accabadora
She is the last mother
She who completes. This is the meaning of the Sardinian word Accabadora, the woman who facilitates destiny in the last...
Fiasco in Milan (1959)
Nanni Loy (1925-1995) directed his solid debut feature ‘Fiasco in Milan’ (1959), a follow-up to ‘Big Deal On Madonna Street’ by Mario Monicelli (1958),...
Arnaldur Inðridason – Jar City
Reykiavík, Norðurmýri district. The dead body of an old man is discovered by his neighbours and an old picture of a little girl’s grave...
Lia Mills – Flight
Call me Aisling.
You think you know the story, the one about the old woman turned to a radiant girl by the love of the...
Danilo Arona – The Station of the Sound God
Darkness will submerge you
From a not very original start (a circle of elderly meets to tell improvised horror stories, topped by the reworking of...
Paul Auster – Winter Journal
The umpteenth memoir
Another memoir from Auster. This time, the author starts from the sensations that he physically experienced (pain, desire) and from the places...
Jean-Claude Izzo – Total Chaos
An unforgettable chaos
Fabio Montale is definitely an unusual cop: thanks to the errors of his youth, he now has a deep knowledge of the...
Elena Tomaini – Breathing Masks
Masks to suffocate
Nine stories, nine borderline situations: disconnections, osmosis, betrayal, contagion, suicide, repetition, displacement, torture, overprotection. Masks are deadly pretences through which we believe...
Tobias Wolff – The Night In Question
Wolff's sensoriality
A collection of fifteen stories written with a pen like a surgeon’s scalpel: Tobias Wolff dissects reality, sometimes the very moment, and lets...
Vita Sackville-West – All Passion Spent
An exemplar choice
Lady Slane has always been a sweet and submissive lady, a caring mother of six children and an invaluable help to her...