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by Sandra Petrignani Translated by Ray Lombardo Original title: Il catalogo dei giocattoli
Born in 1952, Sandra Petrignani is one of Italy’s ‘giovani scrittori’ or young writers of the 1980s and 1990s, many of whom were originally promoted by Rome’s adventurous Theoria publishing house and now write for the Milanese literary magazine Panta. (more...)
Sandra Petrignani was born in 1952 in the northern Italian town of Piacenza, but lives in Rome. She is the author of six books of fiction: Navigazioni di Circe (1987), Il Catalogo dei Giocattoli (1988), Poche Storie (1993), Vecchi (1994), Ultima India (1996), and Come fratello e sorella (1998). One of her books, Il Catalogo dei Giocattoli, The toy Catalogue, has been translated in English and published by Boulevard Books/Harrap's.