Patrizia Poli
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Patrizia Poli was born in Livorno in 1961. Writer of fiction and blogger, she published seven novels.
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Nemesis
The first was the vacuum cleaner. He spat instead of inhaling. Then the dishwasher began to break all the dishes. Then a fresh new plate fell off the cutting cabinet above your foot. And the tree has collapsed a suspicious number of times with all the balls that have shattered and you are there to buy them back at half the price that was now only three days before Christmas.
By Patrizia Poli4 years ago in Fiction
Virginia Woolf, "Walter Sickert a Conversation"
Published in 1934 by the Hogarth Press, the essay connects Virginia Woolf to Walter Richard Sickert, whom she, in her diary, calls “my Sickert” (see annotations of Tuesday April 17, 1934) complaining that, with the painter she loves, critics “They are contemptuous” (Friday 2 November 1934).
By Patrizia Poli4 years ago in Geeks
The Investigation
Word spread that the investigators were arriving and immediately the main street, the square, the church and Master Scoldig’s shop swarmed with people coming and going, gathering, lingering on the doors, as if to say one more thing, as if waiting for further information. Master Scoldig himself went to the isba of Baba Iaga, but did not mention it to a soul.
By Patrizia Poli4 years ago in Fiction
From Behind
“It’s late, Mario, let me go”. She threw herself out of the car, fumbled with the lock, for a moment the light illuminated the entrance hall. She wore a shirt that was a little big on her. He was impressed with the image of his thin shoulders disappearing into the door.
By Patrizia Poli4 years ago in Fiction
