Felix Calvino's Blog, page 8
February 12, 2015
A Hatful of Cherries I BooksMinority.com
February 12, 2015
A Hatful of Cherries
by Felix Calvino(Favorite Author)
review 1: I like the title I think it fit very well with the collection. As a collection I thought it was cohesive and well thought through. The stories were nice, definitely some were very savourable. Perhaps each story needs to be rated individually though as a few of them I did not particularly enjoy. I do think they portrayed that essence of memory. That feeling of remembering an event in miniature. Perhaps my brain was a little to "attack kamikaze style" for this set though. If I were to re-read them I would have preferred a lazy day at the beach or in the tub. I was reading them so crazily that I would get to the end of some of them (two pages) and go what? Wait what happened? Then I would have to re-read it, and would almost harbor some kind of resentment to the piece or author for experience and anxiety of my own rushed ways. Unfair I know, and I took that into account when I rated it.Cassandra Kay Silva I https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/153563810
review 2: Taut, Simple Stories that Linger Félix Calvino deserves a much wider audience here in the United States. His collection of short stories here gathered under the title A HATFUL OF CHERRIES are piquant brief morsels that range from a few pages to extended stories and every story manages to paint imagery and place and character so clearly with the most economical style that each appears like a flashback of thought in every reader's memory bank. Calvino was born in Galicia and spent his childhood on a farm not unlike those scenes he so frequently recalls in these stories. Under the reign of General Franco, Calvino fled to England to study and work and eventually migrated to Australia where he currently lives and writes his magical prose. From these various regions Calvino gathers the fodder for his tales - stories that take place in Spain and in Australia with settings that range from dealing with the earth as a child to discovering love as a youth to encountering the realities of small community prejudices to simply celebrating the aspects of the very young to the very aged characters he describes so well. Calvino's writing style is the opposite of florid. With a few brief sentences on a few pages he is able to bring the reader into the focal point of his stories that usually take a quiet twist at the end, a technique that makes reading a collection of short stories more like reading a full length novel, so engrossed is the reader in his ability to capture attention and imagination. Not that his writing is without color: for instance, in the story 'An Old Sheep' he writes 'In the boredom of the long nights and the sweetness of warm beds, couples rejoiced in their labours for new life, while in the next room death was busily harvesting among the old.' He knows well how to speak of love, of desire, of tragedy and of humor and is equally at home with each of these and other emotions. Some astute publisher should capture the talents of this Spanish Australian writer. He deserves center stage in the arena of authors who have mastered the art of writing short stories! Grady Harp
https://booksminority.com/
A Hatful of Cherries
by Felix Calvino(Favorite Author)
review 1: I like the title I think it fit very well with the collection. As a collection I thought it was cohesive and well thought through. The stories were nice, definitely some were very savourable. Perhaps each story needs to be rated individually though as a few of them I did not particularly enjoy. I do think they portrayed that essence of memory. That feeling of remembering an event in miniature. Perhaps my brain was a little to "attack kamikaze style" for this set though. If I were to re-read them I would have preferred a lazy day at the beach or in the tub. I was reading them so crazily that I would get to the end of some of them (two pages) and go what? Wait what happened? Then I would have to re-read it, and would almost harbor some kind of resentment to the piece or author for experience and anxiety of my own rushed ways. Unfair I know, and I took that into account when I rated it.Cassandra Kay Silva I https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/153563810
review 2: Taut, Simple Stories that Linger Félix Calvino deserves a much wider audience here in the United States. His collection of short stories here gathered under the title A HATFUL OF CHERRIES are piquant brief morsels that range from a few pages to extended stories and every story manages to paint imagery and place and character so clearly with the most economical style that each appears like a flashback of thought in every reader's memory bank. Calvino was born in Galicia and spent his childhood on a farm not unlike those scenes he so frequently recalls in these stories. Under the reign of General Franco, Calvino fled to England to study and work and eventually migrated to Australia where he currently lives and writes his magical prose. From these various regions Calvino gathers the fodder for his tales - stories that take place in Spain and in Australia with settings that range from dealing with the earth as a child to discovering love as a youth to encountering the realities of small community prejudices to simply celebrating the aspects of the very young to the very aged characters he describes so well. Calvino's writing style is the opposite of florid. With a few brief sentences on a few pages he is able to bring the reader into the focal point of his stories that usually take a quiet twist at the end, a technique that makes reading a collection of short stories more like reading a full length novel, so engrossed is the reader in his ability to capture attention and imagination. Not that his writing is without color: for instance, in the story 'An Old Sheep' he writes 'In the boredom of the long nights and the sweetness of warm beds, couples rejoiced in their labours for new life, while in the next room death was busily harvesting among the old.' He knows well how to speak of love, of desire, of tragedy and of humor and is equally at home with each of these and other emotions. Some astute publisher should capture the talents of this Spanish Australian writer. He deserves center stage in the arena of authors who have mastered the art of writing short stories! Grady Harp
https://booksminority.com/
February 8, 2015
January 20, 2015
Alfonso I Jessica Foster I Review
Jessica Foster's review
Jan 20, 15
5 of 5 stars
I met Félix Calvino only yesterday by chance in the library and he was so generous as to give me a copy of his lovely book and sign it. It is always delightful to receive a book, better still when the book in question is so wise and addictive to read.
Calvino’s writing is precise. Nothing is out of place. But it is beautiful. I came back to the library today and sat down and read the whole thing, forgetting lunch. If only I had known who I had really met when I ran into Calvino!
This succinct story is about Alfonso, a Spanish migrant to Australia in the 60s/early 70s, and his determination to succeed in this country. He succeeds in almost every sense. But he is lonely, he wants a family and he feels he is stuck between two worlds, two ways of thinking. The thing is, Alfonso never really has to ‘assimilate’, there is so much Spanish culture right in Sydney he could go on and never really learn English properly – he could surround himself by Spanish entirely. He works in construction and like his fellow migrant colleagues, he could partake in the misogynistic attitude and suspicion of women and either never get married or marry a ‘submissive’ Spanish girl, just happy just to have running hot and cold water. Australian women seem to want it all, too much. His friend Raul is suspicious of Australian women and soon Alfonso gives in to this suspicion, and superstition - he grew up surrounded by superstition.
But what is so admirable about Alfonso is that he wants more, he knows he needs more, something more soulful and seeks it. He can’t be silent, he learns English masterfully. And he doesn't want to sit keeping his prosperity to himself, his heart beats and he longs for all that a woman can provide. This is such a beautiful story about finding a place, in a new country and with oneself.
Australia is very present in this novel, from the yearning to succeed in material ways – the Australian dream as it were to build a home from hard work and renovation to those familiar Sydney streets, the barbeque and compulsory beer and chops with friends and the housewarming that’s a little past its due date! And there is a lovely hum to the prose, it is meditative, the walking to work, the train, reaching for bread and cheese washed down with wine. It’s as reliable and punctuating as a smoker leaving the table to satisfy their latest craving. It’s a short spell and it’s beautiful.
Above all, it’s a relevant story, this was a time when Australia really grew and this idea of multiculturalism took hold. My own mother came to Australia from India and in Sydney sought company mostly with fellow Indians. Finally she married an Australian but I’m not sure that she made the same leap as Alfonso. She lost her Hindi language and never properly mastered the English one. Her Indian friends moved on but she never replaced them with Australian ones. Growing up, it felt I was a stranger to both cultures; never able to enjoy Aussie culture or play with other kids but I was also a big-boned foreigner to my Indian family. So there has been a lot of wishing that mum had done both, embraced English and taught me Hindi - but I can’t exactly understand what it’s like to come so far, to face the struggles of working in another country, knowing you just escaped poverty. No, I can’t exactly complain having grown up here, knowing nothing else. Calvino has given me wonderful insight.
I will treasure the kind gift, thank you.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1173395430
Jessica Foster rated it 5 of 5 stars
Jan 20, 15
5 of 5 stars
I met Félix Calvino only yesterday by chance in the library and he was so generous as to give me a copy of his lovely book and sign it. It is always delightful to receive a book, better still when the book in question is so wise and addictive to read.
Calvino’s writing is precise. Nothing is out of place. But it is beautiful. I came back to the library today and sat down and read the whole thing, forgetting lunch. If only I had known who I had really met when I ran into Calvino!
This succinct story is about Alfonso, a Spanish migrant to Australia in the 60s/early 70s, and his determination to succeed in this country. He succeeds in almost every sense. But he is lonely, he wants a family and he feels he is stuck between two worlds, two ways of thinking. The thing is, Alfonso never really has to ‘assimilate’, there is so much Spanish culture right in Sydney he could go on and never really learn English properly – he could surround himself by Spanish entirely. He works in construction and like his fellow migrant colleagues, he could partake in the misogynistic attitude and suspicion of women and either never get married or marry a ‘submissive’ Spanish girl, just happy just to have running hot and cold water. Australian women seem to want it all, too much. His friend Raul is suspicious of Australian women and soon Alfonso gives in to this suspicion, and superstition - he grew up surrounded by superstition.
But what is so admirable about Alfonso is that he wants more, he knows he needs more, something more soulful and seeks it. He can’t be silent, he learns English masterfully. And he doesn't want to sit keeping his prosperity to himself, his heart beats and he longs for all that a woman can provide. This is such a beautiful story about finding a place, in a new country and with oneself.
Australia is very present in this novel, from the yearning to succeed in material ways – the Australian dream as it were to build a home from hard work and renovation to those familiar Sydney streets, the barbeque and compulsory beer and chops with friends and the housewarming that’s a little past its due date! And there is a lovely hum to the prose, it is meditative, the walking to work, the train, reaching for bread and cheese washed down with wine. It’s as reliable and punctuating as a smoker leaving the table to satisfy their latest craving. It’s a short spell and it’s beautiful.
Above all, it’s a relevant story, this was a time when Australia really grew and this idea of multiculturalism took hold. My own mother came to Australia from India and in Sydney sought company mostly with fellow Indians. Finally she married an Australian but I’m not sure that she made the same leap as Alfonso. She lost her Hindi language and never properly mastered the English one. Her Indian friends moved on but she never replaced them with Australian ones. Growing up, it felt I was a stranger to both cultures; never able to enjoy Aussie culture or play with other kids but I was also a big-boned foreigner to my Indian family. So there has been a lot of wishing that mum had done both, embraced English and taught me Hindi - but I can’t exactly understand what it’s like to come so far, to face the struggles of working in another country, knowing you just escaped poverty. No, I can’t exactly complain having grown up here, knowing nothing else. Calvino has given me wonderful insight.
I will treasure the kind gift, thank you.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1173395430
Jessica Foster rated it 5 of 5 stars
December 22, 2014
festive wishes for my friends and readers
December 23, 2014
Your Letter
comes at Christmasand joins the ones already in the garagein a shoe box,fading like the dreams of children.
Your words tell of a bountiful corn cropand summer dances,silent birds,snow-covered fields.
I see your handwriting,hear you laughsplashing in the stream,running on yellow leavesthrough the naked woods.
Now I know why you cried in your sleep.
Félix Calvino
Your Letter
comes at Christmasand joins the ones already in the garagein a shoe box,fading like the dreams of children.
Your words tell of a bountiful corn cropand summer dances,silent birds,snow-covered fields.
I see your handwriting,hear you laughsplashing in the stream,running on yellow leavesthrough the naked woods.
Now I know why you cried in your sleep.
Félix Calvino
November 26, 2014
Alfonso I Dhanya Gopal I Review
November 26, 2014
A semi-autobiographical novel by Felix Calvino, is the story of an immigrant who is trying to find his way in a new country. Alfonso is a Spanish immigrant who finds himself attached to his home country’s culture and art. He moves to Australia in search of a job. He manages to grow in this job and buys himself a livable but by no measure a luxury house. The routine gets to his nerves. Alfonso dreams of settling down with a girl and having a family. However, he lets a rare encounter with a beautiful and smart girl go by in fear of marriage and the complications it comes with. He regrets this decision too late in his life. Alfonso goes through bouts of depression, loneliness and monotonous living. As an immigrant who is often surrounded by men and women of his country, he often finds it hard to integrate in the new country. However, he consciously tries to assimilate. Alfonso clearly sees that no matter what he tries, he will still feel distant from the new country.
“It was clear to him that the pain of nostalgia paralyses him, and if left unguarded, might ruin this new life of his that provided all he needed and more than he had ever expected.“
I identified with the protagonist in more ways than one. Although one is in a new country, the heart and soul goes back to home country every single minute, like Felix Calvino puts it, “Ahead, the empty hours between mealtimes and bedtime. Ahead, old dreams, old omens and regrets dying within the coils of his memory.” The memories of home are inextricable from one’s life. It’s almost as valiant an effort as separating a fish from water.Posted in Review | 1 Comment »
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A semi-autobiographical novel by Felix Calvino, is the story of an immigrant who is trying to find his way in a new country. Alfonso is a Spanish immigrant who finds himself attached to his home country’s culture and art. He moves to Australia in search of a job. He manages to grow in this job and buys himself a livable but by no measure a luxury house. The routine gets to his nerves. Alfonso dreams of settling down with a girl and having a family. However, he lets a rare encounter with a beautiful and smart girl go by in fear of marriage and the complications it comes with. He regrets this decision too late in his life. Alfonso goes through bouts of depression, loneliness and monotonous living. As an immigrant who is often surrounded by men and women of his country, he often finds it hard to integrate in the new country. However, he consciously tries to assimilate. Alfonso clearly sees that no matter what he tries, he will still feel distant from the new country.
“It was clear to him that the pain of nostalgia paralyses him, and if left unguarded, might ruin this new life of his that provided all he needed and more than he had ever expected.“
I identified with the protagonist in more ways than one. Although one is in a new country, the heart and soul goes back to home country every single minute, like Felix Calvino puts it, “Ahead, the empty hours between mealtimes and bedtime. Ahead, old dreams, old omens and regrets dying within the coils of his memory.” The memories of home are inextricable from one’s life. It’s almost as valiant an effort as separating a fish from water.Posted in Review | 1 Comment »
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November 3, 2014
(WiP) Conference, “The Life of Things”
November 4, 2014
EMSAH Work-in-Progress Conference Prize Winners 2014Posted on October 28, 2014 by EMSAHnews Staff @ UQ
Congratulations to Prateek, who was awarded the 2014 Dr John McCulloch Memorial Prize as part of the annual Work-in-Progress (WiP) Conference, “The Life of Things”, for his paper, “Hubble-bubble of transcultural encounters: a study of the social life of hookah.”
The judging panel also highly commended Sushma Griffin, Chari Larsson, Elliot Logan, and Nick Lord for their papers.The annual prize is named in honour of Dr John McCulloch OAM (1938-2010), who died of pancreatic cancer just after submitting his doctoral thesis on Queensland suffragist Elizabeth Brentnall. The prize is made possible by the generosity of Dr McCulloch’s partner, Mr Gary Portley.This year, the Conference featured the inaugural Creative Writing Showcase, a celebration of the creative outputs of writing postgraduates from EMSAH and other universities. The event, held at the UQ Art Museum, included eight readings across a wide range of forms from short fiction and creative non-fiction through to prose poetry and a play script.
The Showcase Prize was jointly awarded to Félix Calviño for “The Valley of the Butterflies” and David Thornby for “The Pitch Drop”. Both Félix and David are EMSAH postgraduates in Creative Writing. The Prize was supported by the generous donation of research funding by Professor Gillian Whitlock.
Conference organisers Jami-Leigh Acworth, Gabriella Blasi, Belinda Burns, Wilson Koh, and Emily Yu Zong, along with guidance from Associate Professor Jane Stadler and Dr Nathan Garvey, presented a diverse program of more than 70 papers, including a keynote address by Professor Richard Read from the University of Western Australia and a Plenary Panel including Professor Gay Hawkins and Professor Gillian Whitlock.Many thanks to all staff and students who attended, and all who contributed to making this event such a success, particularly: Mr Gary Portley, Professor Gillian Whitlock, Professor Gay Hawkins, Professor Peter Holbrook, and Professor Richard Read.http://emsahnews.wordpress.com/2014/10/28/emsah-work-in-progress-conference-prize-inners-2014/
EMSAH Work-in-Progress Conference Prize Winners 2014Posted on October 28, 2014 by EMSAHnews Staff @ UQ
Congratulations to Prateek, who was awarded the 2014 Dr John McCulloch Memorial Prize as part of the annual Work-in-Progress (WiP) Conference, “The Life of Things”, for his paper, “Hubble-bubble of transcultural encounters: a study of the social life of hookah.”
The judging panel also highly commended Sushma Griffin, Chari Larsson, Elliot Logan, and Nick Lord for their papers.The annual prize is named in honour of Dr John McCulloch OAM (1938-2010), who died of pancreatic cancer just after submitting his doctoral thesis on Queensland suffragist Elizabeth Brentnall. The prize is made possible by the generosity of Dr McCulloch’s partner, Mr Gary Portley.This year, the Conference featured the inaugural Creative Writing Showcase, a celebration of the creative outputs of writing postgraduates from EMSAH and other universities. The event, held at the UQ Art Museum, included eight readings across a wide range of forms from short fiction and creative non-fiction through to prose poetry and a play script.
The Showcase Prize was jointly awarded to Félix Calviño for “The Valley of the Butterflies” and David Thornby for “The Pitch Drop”. Both Félix and David are EMSAH postgraduates in Creative Writing. The Prize was supported by the generous donation of research funding by Professor Gillian Whitlock.
Conference organisers Jami-Leigh Acworth, Gabriella Blasi, Belinda Burns, Wilson Koh, and Emily Yu Zong, along with guidance from Associate Professor Jane Stadler and Dr Nathan Garvey, presented a diverse program of more than 70 papers, including a keynote address by Professor Richard Read from the University of Western Australia and a Plenary Panel including Professor Gay Hawkins and Professor Gillian Whitlock.Many thanks to all staff and students who attended, and all who contributed to making this event such a success, particularly: Mr Gary Portley, Professor Gillian Whitlock, Professor Gay Hawkins, Professor Peter Holbrook, and Professor Richard Read.http://emsahnews.wordpress.com/2014/10/28/emsah-work-in-progress-conference-prize-inners-2014/
October 7, 2014
Alfonso - Review I Repetto
October 6, 2014
Leonardo da Vinci said, ‘simplicity is the ultimate sophistication’. Félix Calvino’s poignant first novella Alfonso, published in December,proves that beauty and sophistication are born of simplicity; beneath the surface of its apparently simple, gentle narrative lies a depth of honesty, tenderness and wisdom that resonates with the heart and ensures the tale's echoes will be felt long after turning the last page.Set in the 1960s, Alfonsois the story of a young man who flees his impoverished Spanish village to begin a new chapter in Sydney, carrying in his suitcase a fervent desire for love, and a dream of a stable life. Over many years, Alfonso labours to master English, purchase and renovate a house, and foster close bonds of love and friendship. But it is the powerful undercurrent of Alfonso’s inner transformation that propels the narrative, as he struggles to navigate the murky waters of fear, superstition and cultural conflict that threaten to turn his dreams into an endless mirage. Calvino's style is light and nuanced; he paints his story in watercolours, creating images no less vivid for the gentleness of his brushstrokes. Calvino gracefully illustrates his thoughtful characters so that their souls shine from the spaces between his carefully placed words. His elegant prose evokes the tones and hues of a forgotten era, when the Opera House was not yet complete, and the rhythms of life were simpler.Alfonso is a soulful, beautifully written work that charms and captivates with the warmth and authenticity of its voice. Imbued with the subtle shades and seasons of a young man’s cultural and personal journey, this simple story captures nothing less than the beauty of life.
Review by Natalie RepettoNudgee, Queensland
Leonardo da Vinci said, ‘simplicity is the ultimate sophistication’. Félix Calvino’s poignant first novella Alfonso, published in December,proves that beauty and sophistication are born of simplicity; beneath the surface of its apparently simple, gentle narrative lies a depth of honesty, tenderness and wisdom that resonates with the heart and ensures the tale's echoes will be felt long after turning the last page.Set in the 1960s, Alfonsois the story of a young man who flees his impoverished Spanish village to begin a new chapter in Sydney, carrying in his suitcase a fervent desire for love, and a dream of a stable life. Over many years, Alfonso labours to master English, purchase and renovate a house, and foster close bonds of love and friendship. But it is the powerful undercurrent of Alfonso’s inner transformation that propels the narrative, as he struggles to navigate the murky waters of fear, superstition and cultural conflict that threaten to turn his dreams into an endless mirage. Calvino's style is light and nuanced; he paints his story in watercolours, creating images no less vivid for the gentleness of his brushstrokes. Calvino gracefully illustrates his thoughtful characters so that their souls shine from the spaces between his carefully placed words. His elegant prose evokes the tones and hues of a forgotten era, when the Opera House was not yet complete, and the rhythms of life were simpler.Alfonso is a soulful, beautifully written work that charms and captivates with the warmth and authenticity of its voice. Imbued with the subtle shades and seasons of a young man’s cultural and personal journey, this simple story captures nothing less than the beauty of life.
Review by Natalie RepettoNudgee, Queensland
September 29, 2014
Alfonso I Top Five
September 29, 2014
Top Five
1 Eat My Heart Out Zoe Pilger2 AlfonsoFelix Calvino3 First Place David Malouf4 Empress Dowager CixiJung Chang5 Blue is the Warmest ColorJulie Maroh
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Top Five
1 Eat My Heart Out Zoe Pilger2 AlfonsoFelix Calvino3 First Place David Malouf4 Empress Dowager CixiJung Chang5 Blue is the Warmest ColorJulie Maroh
[PDF]View/Open - Territory Storieshttp://www.territorystories.nt.gov.au...
June 28, 2014
Alfonso - Review I Holland
May, 2014
Félix Calvino’s short novel tells the story of a young man who moves to Australia to escape Franco’s Spain. The strange thing about the book (given that its author has spent so long in Australia) is how unlike contemporary Australian literature it is. David Malouf has championed Calvino, but then there has always been something essentially Mediterranean about the author of Ransom. Flaubert was uncompromising in his belief that the author’s opinions and even ideas should remain absent from a work of literary art. If the French master thought the novel of ideas was a degraded thing, what would he have thought of the Australian ‘novel of issues’, the books (we all know them) that might have been written off the back of an episode of Q&A. Alfonso bolsters no Australian cultural myths, nor does it succumb to the equally tiresome genre that is ‘myth debunking’.
Calvino never reveals himself to be so much a writer of foreign sensibilities as in his concern with Australia rather than Australianness. Alfonso is a work of art rather than of ideology. Its subjects are homelessness and belonging, love and estrangement. The lines with which Calvino sketches his habitually, even wilfully lonely immigrant man and his Australian romantic interest, Nancy, are as broad and hard as those in Goya’s etchings, yet there is a quiet quality about the book, and in the spaces between the words you feel the presence of deep running waters. Says the principal character, ‘Beyond the plane was the universe itself, nicely lit by uncountable stars for which, like his feelings, he had no names.’
Calvino’s book paints rather than explains. It has nothing to instruct you in. Like all true art, it invites you into an experience, one well worthwhile.
Patrick Holland
Afonso - Australian Book Reviewhttps://www.australianbookreview.com....
Félix Calvino’s short novel tells the story of a young man who moves to Australia to escape Franco’s Spain. The strange thing about the book (given that its author has spent so long in Australia) is how unlike contemporary Australian literature it is. David Malouf has championed Calvino, but then there has always been something essentially Mediterranean about the author of Ransom. Flaubert was uncompromising in his belief that the author’s opinions and even ideas should remain absent from a work of literary art. If the French master thought the novel of ideas was a degraded thing, what would he have thought of the Australian ‘novel of issues’, the books (we all know them) that might have been written off the back of an episode of Q&A. Alfonso bolsters no Australian cultural myths, nor does it succumb to the equally tiresome genre that is ‘myth debunking’.
Calvino never reveals himself to be so much a writer of foreign sensibilities as in his concern with Australia rather than Australianness. Alfonso is a work of art rather than of ideology. Its subjects are homelessness and belonging, love and estrangement. The lines with which Calvino sketches his habitually, even wilfully lonely immigrant man and his Australian romantic interest, Nancy, are as broad and hard as those in Goya’s etchings, yet there is a quiet quality about the book, and in the spaces between the words you feel the presence of deep running waters. Says the principal character, ‘Beyond the plane was the universe itself, nicely lit by uncountable stars for which, like his feelings, he had no names.’
Calvino’s book paints rather than explains. It has nothing to instruct you in. Like all true art, it invites you into an experience, one well worthwhile.
Patrick Holland
Afonso - Australian Book Reviewhttps://www.australianbookreview.com....
June 23, 2014
El Correo Gallego - Interview I Giraldez
May 24, 2014
EL SABADO LIBRO
UNA ENTREVISTA DE JOSÉ MIGUEL GIRÁLDEZ | 24.05.2014
Félix Calviño lleva más de treinta años en Australia. Aunque en su vida se ha dedicado a múltiples actividades, en la última década ha logrado su gran sueño: convertirse en escritor. Publicó en 2007 A Hatful of Cherries (Un sombrero lleno de cerezas), una espléndida colección de cuentos en torno a su vida en Galicia antes de la emigración. Este año ha visto la luz en Arcadia una novela, Alfonso, que narra la vida de un emigrante que llega a las grandes ciudades industriales de Australia después de salir de su aldea, en Galicia, a los 22 años, en medio de la pobreza del franquismo... Escuche la entrevista con Félix Calviño en 'El sábado libro'.
http://www.elcorreogallego.es/tendencias/ecg/felix-calvino-escritor-gallego-lengua-inglesa/idEdicion-2014-05-24/idNoticia-870620/
EL SABADO LIBRO
UNA ENTREVISTA DE JOSÉ MIGUEL GIRÁLDEZ | 24.05.2014
Félix Calviño lleva más de treinta años en Australia. Aunque en su vida se ha dedicado a múltiples actividades, en la última década ha logrado su gran sueño: convertirse en escritor. Publicó en 2007 A Hatful of Cherries (Un sombrero lleno de cerezas), una espléndida colección de cuentos en torno a su vida en Galicia antes de la emigración. Este año ha visto la luz en Arcadia una novela, Alfonso, que narra la vida de un emigrante que llega a las grandes ciudades industriales de Australia después de salir de su aldea, en Galicia, a los 22 años, en medio de la pobreza del franquismo... Escuche la entrevista con Félix Calviño en 'El sábado libro'.
http://www.elcorreogallego.es/tendencias/ecg/felix-calvino-escritor-gallego-lengua-inglesa/idEdicion-2014-05-24/idNoticia-870620/
