It all begins with a trip to Latvia. An aeroplane, a wait, a very long sentence that does not stop, made of images and sounds, of places and thoughts, of uprooting and taking possession of the alien, this sentence that sings while it tells, that sees while it closes its eyes, that takes us with it and never leaves us alone, never behind, never distracted, that however relieves us from the present and invites us to the fun of the journey, of the unexpected encounter, in a Latvia that like a sphere reflects the whole universe on its chrome surface.

Sara Fruner, born in Riva del Garda, has lived in New York since 2017, where she teaches Italian at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Her articles on cinema, art and literature have appeared in La Voce di New York, CinematoGraphie, Magazzino 23, Brick. He has collaborated with the Center for Italian Modern Art and Magazzino Italian Art, and has recently translated works by Marie-Helene Bertino, Jane Hirshfield and W.S. Merwin. He is a Professional Member of the Authors Guild and a Bogliasco Fellow. L'istante largo, her debut novel (Bollati Boringhieri, 2020 and 2022), won her second place in the 2021 Severino Cesari Opera Prima National Prize. In poetry she alternates between volumes in Italian and English: Bitter Bites from Sugar Hills (2018), Fireflies in the Palm of the Night (2019), The Red Schooner (2023).