Thank you for reading! This is I believe the first translation of one of Marosia Castaldi’s novels in any language. Hopefully there will be more!

"The dialogue and writing is snappy and vernacular – applause to translator Jamie Richards for keeping the prose crisp and urgent." (thanks also to Nicholas Burman, in The Comics Journal, for a serious review)
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Yes. For instance it’s indubitably more entertaining to an Italian reader to encounter a Neapolitan in space. But I appreciate that, the dialogue (+captions) was copious and not the easiest.

But both collections contain dystopic or cautionary tales the general likes of which we’ve seen before, or can seem a bit retro in a calcified way. Still I think all the stories have interesting elements and are delightful to read.

Maybe what you’re seeing that seems disappointing is the lesser innovativeness of the stories in the other two collections. Like HP is a wonderful genre mash-up and prescient fable. Revolt of the Wretched is famous in Italy for being the first graphic novel and is a potent class allegory.

I want to respond to this, but I’m biased…

I thought this was an interesting translation. The Italian is “fatua veste,” so, fatuous, superficial, frivolous, the idea that fiction is like an invisibility cloak smuggling in the real… “lunatic garment” sounds nice but put to scrutiny I’m not sure what it means

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