When children are much more perceptive than adults give them credit for… From Ritanna Armeni‘s Hour After Hour My grandchildren appear on the computer screen. Costanza
THE ITALIANIST. From MARA. UNA DONNA DEL NOVECENTO by Ritanna Armeni, translated by Katherine Gregor
The sound of the bell, and of Nadia’s fist hammering on the door. “Mara!” Whenever we have something to say to each other, we use the broom. Nadia lives on the fi
1930s’ Rome. Mara, thirteen, and her best friend Nadia are inebriated by their enthusiasm for Fascism and its promise of a glorious empire. They love the Duce with all their
