Winner of an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation
"No one in the world . . . can tell a story better than Gioia Timpanelli."—Frank McCourt, author of Angela's Ashes
"Gioia Timpanelli's novellas . . . offer simple lessons about the nature of beauty and the beauty of nature . . . in rich, incantatory language." —The New York Times Book Review
A renowned storyteller who has beguiled audiences around the world offers these mesmerizing novella-length fables about two young women...