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 border areas. In…
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 already present in…
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 language, Eleonora leads…
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 and family traditions,…
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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…
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by Fiori Picco Interview by Maria Teresa De Donato Dear friends, Today I have the great pleasure and honor of hosting my friend and colleague Fiori Picco, with whom, through various articles that I will prepare during this year, we will explore one of the most ancient and fascinating civilizations and cultures that has ever…
Interview with Aldo Villagrossi Crotti, Writer and Poet by Maria Teresa De Donato As an article for this month I have chosen to interview my dear friend, writer, and poet Aldo Villagrossi Crotti—one man of a kind. When I think of Aldo, two prominent figures come right to my mind: Albert Einstein and Woody Allen….
Interview with Aldo Villagrossi Crotti, Writer and Poet by Maria Teresa De Donato (Italian translation of the English edition The Girl from Sighet: A Memoir, February 25, 2009by Authors Hindi Rothbart and P’nenah Goldstein) This month we will continue with a second interview with a very special and equally interesting character we met in May: Aldo Villagrossi Crotti, Writer and Poet. During our first…
Interview with Aldo Villagrossi Crotti by Maria Teresa De Donato My dear fellow readers, today I am very happy to introduce to you Part 2 of the interview with my friend and colleague Author Aldo Villagrossi Crotti, whom many of you already know and who has been my most welcome guest several times. As I…
