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Interview by Maria Teresa De Donato Dear friends, Today, I have the pleasure of reintroducing my colleague and friend, Fiori Picco, a sinologist, author, and editor who has been my guest on several occasions. In the past, Fiori and I have organized interviews, both written and video, to present her novels set in China, specifically…
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Interview with Fiori Picco by Maria Teresa De Donato Dear friends, today, for my Fascinating World Column, I have the pleasure of once again hosting my friend and colleague, Author, Sinologist, Publisher, and Translator, Fiori Picco. This time, however, we won’t be discussing one of her publications; instead, we’ll share her knowledge of China, the country where Fiori…
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,…
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…
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…
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by Maria Teresa De Donato Dear Readers, Today I have the pleasure of hosting again my dear friend and colleague, Author, Editor, and Sinologist, Fiori Picco, who lived for eight years in Yunnan, China. So many themes and interests unite us, and just as many emerged from my reading of her three novels that I…
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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 Yunnan, who at…
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Review by Maria Teresa De Donato Yunnan, China: A young girl who has just graduated from her country with a degree in Chinese Language and Literature arrives in the city of Kunming, where she will stay for eight years and teach European Culture at the Department of Tourism of the Yunnan Normal University, as well…
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by Fiori Picco Review by Maria Teresa De Donato “… a tenacious and courageous woman who has seen death several times and who desperately clung to life as many times.” (Flowers Peak, 2020, Prologue, p. 9). That’s how Giada Rossa describes herself in this autobiographical book created through her stories by the competent and skillful pen…
