The Unforgivable
She published almost nothing and was revered by the handful who read her. Fairy tales, liturgy, attention, and the case for doing very few things exactly.
The posthumous essays of an Italian writer who published almost nothing in her lifetime and was revered by the few who read her, covering fairy tales, attention, liturgy, and the perfection of a few things done exactly. Translated into English for the first time, and short enough that the reader notices how little she thought needed saying.
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Maria Popova
In her revelatory reckoning with how fairy tales reveal us to ourselves, found in her posthumous essay collection The Unforgivable (public library), Italian writer Cristina Campo (April 29, 1923–January 10, 1977) examines the relationship between the hope and trust, and the dangers of confusing them, in our quest for the possible.
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