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A collection of short stories by Maria Teresa De Donato Review by Elisa Rubini Some books arrive silently and then stay with you, like a voice you can’t stop hearing. Tales of Life and Surroundings is like that. A collection of twenty short stories that don’t claim to change the world, but that touch you inside, leaving…
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Review by Elisa Rubini Some books surprise you because they speak to you, even when they recount lives you’ve never known. Missing Puzzles: Understanding Who We Are Through the Lives of Our Ancestors by Maria Teresa De Donato is one of them. It’s not just an autobiographical novel; it’s an emotional and cultural journey into the roots…
Review by Maria Teresa De Donato Violent, ruthless, at times obscene, and even traumatizing, this Memoir by Nicolai Lilin is undoubtedly not for everyone. Yet, despite the crudeness of the stories, the narrative is fluent, pleasant, profound, full of meaning and life lessons, and, paradoxically, in some respects, equally fascinating. Those who maintain a dualistic…
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Review by Giuseppe Storti The Romans had the cult of ancestors The “mos maiorum”, literally: the ancestors’ customs, is the founding core of Roman civilization. The Romans jealously guarded the Lares and Penates in their homes. In every Roman domus, there were statuettes that symbolized the Lares who protected the family. While the Penates are…
by Fiori Picco Review by Maria Teresa De Donato With her new novel entitled Il tempo del riso glutinoso (= The Time of Glutinous Rice) (Picco, 2024, Fiori D’Asia Editrice), Fiori Picco, Author, Literary Translator, Editor, and Sinologist, conquers the hearts of all of us by transporting us once again to her beloved Yunnan and,…
by Hemalatha Gnanasekar Review by Maria Teresa De Donato We have already encountered Hemalatha Gnanasekar’s work through her publications Life Lessons from India—A Woman’s Memoir and The Guilt Is Alive, which both allowed us to appreciate her nurturing, empathic, and caring nature and feel her deep and boundless Love for her family. In Joys and Woes of Marriage in India,…
Review by Maria Teresa De Donato “On September 1, 2008, I resolutely resigned from Xihai Metropolis Daily and embarked on a trip I had been planning: starting from Qinghai to Tibet in the South and Xinjian in the North, the two most magical places in China. To my mind, the Xinjiang desert in the north…
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The whole truth about School Review by Prof. Elisabetta Fioritti A publication that speaks to all of us because children are our future and our human value, and their education constitutes the fundamental means of growth and progress of human and civil society. The authors denounce the limits of a school founded on narrow evaluation…
Poetry collection by Fiori D’Asia Publisher Review by Maria Teresa De Donato A sensitive soul and a remarkable depth of thought emerge from this work by the Tibetan Author Samar Darkpa. The numerous quotes relating to Nature, its symbols, and the consequent perfect osmosis with Man characterize his verses, bringing us back, in certain aspects,…
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Poetry collection in three languages by Fiori D’Asia Publisher Review by Maria Teresa De Donato Reading, interpreting, and reviewing The Flowers of the Empire by Cao Shui was not easy but extraordinarily fascinating and equally exciting. The purpose, not only of this Collection but also of his entire literary production, is clearly indicated in the…
