May 14, 2009
In A Hatful of Cherries Felix Calvino offers the reader a charming taste of rural Spain and urban Australia. Born in Galicia in north-western Spain and later emigrating to Australia, the author's background and life experiences are evident in this body of work.
Some stories in the collection are sweet, bitter, dark, rosy with the optimism of youth. Some are melancholy, mysterious. Others offer amusing or insightful glimpses of the everyday. All are rich with a sense of place, ...
Published on June 29, 2009 14:23