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"Words and eggs must be handled with care. /Once broken they are impossible/ things to repair". This quote by Anne Sexton opens the latest poetry collection by Giusi Quarenghi.
"Words and eggs must be handled with care. /Once broken they are impossible/ things to repair". This quote by Anne Sexton opens the latest poetry collection by Giusi Quarenghi.
Mia is a little magician. How do we know? Because she sees things that don't exist. Or rather, things that exist, but others don't see, like tiny red roosters in love who jump and run.
We know little about M besides his initial: that he's no longer a child, he's at the beach and he's wishing to be like the sea, he's got blue eyes, sometimes he's sad, sometimes he tries to scream
A mother is a home, a nest, a fountain, a shelter, a mirror, a tree, a show, a hurricane, a doctor, and a medicine ... We can read her in a million different ways, just like a book.
This story, first published in France in 2002, was inspired by Gianni Rodari Giacomo di Cristallo. Gisèle is so transparent that all her thoughts are visible to anyone.
Those were hard times. The war had started. Germany had invaded Poland. Soon after, Lithuania had been occupied by the Soviet Union. Most of the Lithuanians were considered enemies of the S.U.
Many things in life go by. They transform, they go away. Sleep ends. A small wound heals leaving (almost) no scar...
Acerbo sarai tu is a new poetry collection by Silvia Vecchini, beautifully illustrated by Francesco Chiacchio.