A Hatful of Cherries: presente e passato nella scrittura migrante di Félix Calvino

Abstract

This essay aims to analyze A Hatful of Cherries, a collection of short stories by the Spanish- Australian author Félix Calvino. By taking into consideration both his biographical experience and the main themes highlighted in his stories, travel, memory and migration above all, I will investigate how Calvino creatively tries to make two different world communicate, intersect and connect, thus establishing a dialogue between the Spain of his childhood and modern day Australia.

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