Luigi Pirandello: Sgombero/Clearing out

“Everything, until it lasts, carries with it the sorrow of its form, the sorrow of being the way it is and not being able to be any other way." Luigi Pirandello SGOMBEROLuigi PirandelloSquallida stanza a terreno. Un lettuccio su cui giace rigido, ma non ancora composto nel consueto atteggiamento dei morti, il cadavere d’un vecchio,…Read more Luigi Pirandello: Sgombero/Clearing out

Camminando, camminando…Matilda Colarossi

“Yesterday you had a mother on earth: today you have an angel somewhere else. Everything that is good outlasts, growing in strength, life on earth. Consequently, even your mother’s love. She loves you more than ever now.” Edmondo De Amicis Camminando, camminando   Una volta, mentre eravamo sedute sotto il noce in Abruzzo, mia madre…Read more Camminando, camminando…Matilda Colarossi

Pirandello: Colloqui coi personaggi/ Dialogues with the characters

Da Colloqui coi personaggi   Luigi Pirandello   Ora che tu sei morta, io non dico che non sei più viva per me; tu sei viva, viva com’eri, con la stessa realtà che per tanti anni t’ho data da lontano, pensandoti, senza vedere il tuo corpo, e viva sempre sarai finché io sarò vivo; ma…Read more Pirandello: Colloqui coi personaggi/ Dialogues with the characters

Matilda Colarossi: Grasses/ Erbacce

GrassesAfter immigrating to Canada, my father returned to Italy almost every summer for over twenty years.The land where his family home rises is surrounded by trees; but mostly, it is infested with grasses, some so wild and thick it takes an axe to fell their short but hardy lives. My father’s whipper snipper would echo…Read more Matilda Colarossi: Grasses/ Erbacce