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The Butterfly Women’s Circle – Mugao and Bhaktu   –            A novel by Fiori Picco  – Review by Maria Teresa De Donato

The Butterfly Women’s Circle – Mugao and Bhaktu – A novel by Fiori Picco – Review by Maria Teresa De Donato

Post Views: 95 Once again, Fiori Picco catapults us into Yunnan, the Chinese province where she lived for eight years, making us familiar with the life of the Dulong community. Although she is the author of the novel, the narrative voice is that of Mila, a girl born and raised in Kunming, the capital of…

The Flower of Karst – Historical novel by Eleonora Davide – Review by Maria Teresa De Donato

The Flower of Karst – Historical novel by Eleonora Davide – Review by Maria Teresa De Donato

Post Views: 51 Once again Eleonora Davide pleasantly surprises us with a new historical novel. If in The Norman the author led us into the fascinating and equally intriguing medieval world, and precisely in Irpinia disputed and divided between Normans and Lombards, in The Flower of Karst her attention focuses on the Friuli Venezia Giulia region and on its…

Dominus – The Code of Fate – A Novel by Eleonora Davide – Review by Maria Teresa De Donato

Dominus – The Code of Fate – A Novel by Eleonora Davide – Review by Maria Teresa De Donato

Post Views: 49 After the literary break from Il Fiore del Carso, focused on the delicate issue of Friuli-Venezia-Giulia and the frontier ethnic groups between the two World Wars, Eleonora Davide resumes, with Dominus – The Code of Destiny, the saga of Il Normanno bringing the reader back to medieval Irpinia divided between Normans and Lombards. Although some themes…

The Norman – Historical-fiction novel by Eleonora Davide – Review by Maria Teresa De Donato

The Norman – Historical-fiction novel by Eleonora Davide – Review by Maria Teresa De Donato

Post Views: 48 Authored by Eleonora Davide this novel is exciting and captivating. Though a fictional literary work, it is inspired by some real events concerning the history of Irpinia, a land disputed and divided between Normans and Lombards. With a wealth of details and a simple, straight to the point, and yet equally engaging…

Aunt Quintilla by Aldo Villagrossi Crotti – Review by Maria Teresa De Donato

Aunt Quintilla by Aldo Villagrossi Crotti – Review by Maria Teresa De Donato

Post Views: 48 We are in the years 1972-1985. On the occasion of Shabbat and other special events, the author, quite young at that time, and his family meet together with other relatives in the dining room of Aunt Ida and Uncle Ivo. All sit around the large table set where, in harmony with the best Jewish…

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