The Wooden Hens

The stories in this collection retrace my personal history of literary fascinations and unexpressed emotions, which arose from them over decades, while in me grew the suggestions inspired by the stories of Lovecraft, Poe, Borges, Calvino, Kafka, Musil and various other authors of the same strand. These suggestions gradually intertwined with my interests regarding surrealism, together with my studies on fairy tales. All this inner universe of mine has given life to these stories, sometimes minimal flashes that seem to spring from dreams, other times more complex narrative textures that unconsciously brought me back to the sense of wonder that captured me when I was a very young reader, when I perceived the metaphysical and grotesque spirit of unresolved curiosity for the human soul while it strives to grasp the pure mystery of creation.