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Through the Rabbit Holes

Wander into magical realms and fantastical worlds where reality is constantly redefined or questioned

La ragazza che ascoltava gli uccelli

Translated from Slovenian to Italian by Lucia Gaja Scuteri
Written in Slovenian by Agata Tomažič
10 minutes read

Dichiarazione di dipendenza

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Antonio De Sortis
Written in Dutch by Rebekka de Wit
9 minutes read

Bestie voi tutte dei campi

Translated from Spanish to Italian by Ilaria Garelli
Written in Spanish by Adriana Murad Konings
8 minutes read

MONDOBOIA

Translated from Serbian to Italian by Sara Latorre
Written in Serbian by Ana Marija Grbic
10 minutes read

Bollettino dell’ultimo giorno

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Antonio De Sortis
Written in Dutch by Lotte Lentes
8 minutes read

Lampi

Written in Italian by Sara Micello
7 minutes read

Un’automobile dell’antica Grecia

Translated from Czech to Italian by Elena Zuccolo
Written in Czech by Ondrej Macl
12 minutes read

24

Translated from Serbian to Italian by Sara Latorre
Written in Serbian by Marija Pavlović
9 minutes read

Very Important Person

Translated from Slovenian to Italian by Lucia Gaja Scuteri
Written in Slovenian by Andraž Rožman
11 minutes read

La casa di Haifa

Translated from Slovenian to Italian by Lucia Gaja Scuteri
Written in Slovenian by Andraž Rožman
11 minutes read

Uccelli che cantano il futuro

Translated from Spanish to Italian by Ilaria Garelli
Written in Spanish by Alejandro Morellón Mariano
5 minutes read

Dopo l’ultima cena

Translated from Portugese to Italian by Francesca Leotta
Written in Portugese by José Gardeazabal
8 minutes read

L'isola

Translated from Polish to Italian by Giulio Scremin
Written in Polish by Urszula Jabłońska
10 minutes read

Domani

Translated from Portugese to Italian by Elisa Rossi
Written in Portugese by Patrícia Patriarca
8 minutes read

Di me non sai

Lucio falls in love with "the boy" even before meeting him: just watching him from the window of his office is enough for him to become almost obsessed. When they finally meet, he discovers that Davide is much younger than him (still studying), and that he is elusive, unreliable, and "cruel" in the way only twenty-year-olds can be cruel.

For two months, Lucio and Davide have dinner together, have sex, go to the beach, and often sleep at Lucio's place. However, Davide does not fall in love. He continues to seek Lorenzo, the only man he (perhaps) truly loved, of whom he keeps only a pixelated photo on an old cellphone. Like many twenty-year-olds, he is also confused, wounded, and willing to nestle into the routine of always having a Coca-Cola ready for him in the refrigerator.

"Di me non sai" tells the story of a relationship lived in an opposite, incompatible way, whose nature is revealed to the reader only as the novel progresses. Alternating the perspectives of the two protagonists in short, sometimes very short chapters, Raffaele Cataldo shows the misalignment of feelings and the painful consequences it can have, the slow pace of hot Apulian summers, and the obsessive loves (present and absent) that, like wild oat seeds, cling to hair, shoes, and clothes.

Written in Italian by Raffaele Cataldo
4 minutes read

Anche se non puoi vederne che una goccia

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Antonio De Sortis
Written in Dutch by Rebekka de Wit
9 minutes read

Questo sangue masticato

In his debut novel, Francesco Aloia comes to terms with the past and his family, keeping his grandmother Ada's teachings firmly in mind. After leaving home and finding his own path, he returns to the places of his childhood during a summer and confronts a particularly "overbearing" grandfather, Tanino 'e Bastimento, a man of honor who, after a couple of murders and many years in prison, after challenging a Camorra boss, now must face one final duel "in absentia"—this time with his grandson.

Written in Italian by Francesco Aloia
10 minutes read

Sinossi

Written in Italian by Arianna Giorgia Bonazzi
4 minutes read

Nemmeno un minuto Portasar

Translated from Romanian to Italian by Maria Alampi
Written in Romanian by Cătălin Pavel
9 minutes read

Il ragazzo con la testa di pesce

Translated from Czech to Italian by Marco Maria Baù
Written in Czech by Eliška Beranová
9 minutes read
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