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Diego Martinez, the lawyer activist: “My ex was always taunting me I was haunted by my own shadow. Then, one day, as the smoke began to rise, in the middle of a demonstration, I realised it wasn’t my shadow but my double.” Many a myth lurks behind Diego’s quest for fable. Bella, The Snow Child, A Little Seasoning, The Tunnel, and The Last Valley are his attempts to realise them.
A rich merchant by the name of Mercutio was called away on business during the early winter months. When snow began to fall on the ground, the mountain pass became blocked, causing delay to Mercutio’s return. On his return Mercutio found his wife had taken to her bed. “What is the matter, my love? Are …
A rich merchant by the name of Mercutio was called away on business during the early winter months. When snow began to fall on the ground, the mountain pass became blocked, causing delay to Mercutio’s return. On his return Mercutio found his wife had taken to her bed. “What is the matter, my love? Are …
Though Bella never saw her host, who always sat in the shadows while she played, she had no reason to complain about her stay in the castle of Baron Liebestraum. One day, however, Bella could no longer hide her homesickness. “Baron, I have not been home for six months. I begin to miss my family.” …
One day, Laila brought some mushrooms home. “Where did you get those?” said her mother. “I picked them in the woods.” “The mushrooms are poisonous,” said her mother, throwing them in the bin. “Promise me you won’t pick them again.” A few days later, Laila was out again in the woods when she met an …
One day, not long ago, a boy was playing alone in the snow when he became aware of a little old lady sitting on the park bench. The old lady was huddled in a coat. She wore a pair of mittens, just like his Granny, when she was cold and stoking the fire. “What are …
At the end of the war, fleeing the advancing Americans during the Battle of the Bulge, a band of German soldiers found themselves in a remote valley of the Upper Rhine. The band had long forgotten what it meant to be soldiers in the Third Reich. If they owed allegiance to anything, it was the …