Francesca’s First Confession
Francesca’s first confession, after years of abstinence from the Catholic Church, had…
Excerpts
Mother of Sorrows
In his memoir, Mea Culpa: A Plea of Innocence, Bruno Cocorocchio embarks on an…
The Chairman, the Princess and the King
Our distinguished guests will be with us overnight. Today is to be given over to…
The Artist and the Assassin
The year is 1596. The young Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio has recently come to Rome…
A River of Oranges
Fiume has a unique place in the history of Europe, and Italy in particular. The official…
Claudia
Honour met no other cars on the narrow mountain road, and the few isolated houses she…
Beached
Panic never leaves her. It only recedes for intervals, like the tide in Bahía de…
The Invisible Italian-American Prize Fighters
To the untrained eye, it seemed that prior to the 1920s there were few noteworthy…
The Hog Slaughter: February 1862
The hog is limp, having shuddered its last breath after a single blow to the head with a…
Return
I used to stand at railway tracks, my toes against the ties, while trains approached. I…