Microcosmi.

I luoghi del ritorno e della fuga in un viaggio attraverso alcuni grandi temi della nostra cultura. Milano, Garzanti Ed. 1982, cm.13,5x21, pp.301, brossura. Collana Saggi Blu. Seconda edizione.

Prima edizione. Milano, Garzanti Ed. 1988, cm.13x19,5, pp.92, legatura ed., sopracop. (tracce d'uso alla sopracop.). Collana Teatro.

Milano, Garzanti Ed. 1997, cm.14,5x21, pp.275, legatura ed. sopraccop.fig.a col. Collana Narratori Moderni. Protagonisti sono gli uomini, ma anche gli animali, gli abitanti dei caffè o delle isole, l'orso del Monte Nevoso e il cane abbandonato nella laguna, rivoluzionari indomiti e dimenticati, infatuazioni e manie di personaggi che hanno perso la loro esistenza come una partita a carte. Protagonisti sono anche le pietre e le onde, la neve e la sabbia, le frontiere, un'inflessione della voce o un gesto inconsapevole... Diversi fili conduttori tessono la trama del libro e accompagnano il lettore, quali immagini o figure ricorrenti: i rapporti fra paesaggi e senso del tempo, l'identità e la sua incertezza, l'amore, il continuo attraversamento di confini d'ogni genere, l'ombra della morte.

Aus dem italienischen von Ragni Maria Gschwend. Bozen, AER Verlag 1995, cm.12,8x21, pp.59,(5), legatura ed. cartonata, titolo al dorso, sopraccoperta fig. a colori.

Milano, Skira 2025, cm.16,5x22, pp.172, legatura editoriale cartonata. Inspired by fairy tales, London-based artist Maria Gvardeitseva (born 1982) takes a pronounced political and feminist approach to the story of her separation. She offers artistic tools celebrating “divorce art” that help women to look at the situation with self-love and cope with the trauma and challenges of patriarchy. For centuries, the breakup has been the prerogative of men. Today, about half of all marriages in Europe end in divorce and, significantly, 75 percent of divorce applications are filed by women. Perhaps that last statistic explains why women suffer more emotional hurt and find it harder than their ex-partners to build a new lifestyle and relationships. The cruel logic would be that if the woman marries for love and then decides it was a bad idea, the fault must be hers. So she suffers psychological and social consequences – self-blame, stigma, or both. The project 5-Minute Bedtime Stories resists this logic in a fabulous way. London-based artist Maria Gvardeitseva, divorced after 20 years of marriage, four children, numerous countries, and shared challenges, takes a pronounced political and feminist approach to the story of her separation, which transforms grief, sorrow, and hatred in order to let them go. She offers artistic tools celebrating “divorce art” that help women to look at the situation with self-love, rediscover the socio-political aspects of marriage, and cope with this life trauma and the challenges of patriarchy. She does this in a surprising way – by reference to fairy tales.