Quando Carla torna a casa il suo gatto sonnecchia sul divano. Come sempre, a casa degli zii (Carla vive con loro da quando... a questo preferisce non pensare) non c'è nessuno, a parte il gatto. Ma ogg…
Grande appassionato di gialli, Marzio Montecristo ha aperto da qualche anno nel centro di Cagliari una piccola libreria specializzata in romanzi polizieschi. Il nome della libreria, Les Chats Noirs, è…
Simply written, but powerful and unforgettable, The Man Who Planted Trees is a parable for modern times. In the foothills of the French Alps the narrator meets a shepherd who has quietly taken on the …
In the summer of 2002, when Korea is abuzz over hosting the FIFA World Cup, nineteen-year-old Kim Hae-on is killed in what becomes known as the High School Beauty Murder. Two suspects quickly emerge: …
Two friends are midway on a canoe trip down the Danube River. Throughout the story Blackwood personifies the surrounding environment—river, sun, wind—and imbues them with a powerful and ultimately thr…
A short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky written in 1877. It begins with a man walking St. Petersburg's streets while musing upon how ridiculous his life is, as well as its distinct lack of meaning or purp…
Laughable Loves is a collection of stories that first appeared in print in Prague before 1968, but was then was subsequently banned. The seven stories are all concerned with love, or rather with the c…
Your table awaits at the Chibineko Kitchen, where a soul-nourishing meal in the company of the resident kitten will transport you back in time to reunite with departed loved ones—for fans of Before th…
