Jamie Mackay is a writer and translator based in Florence. His work has appeared in the Guardian, TLS, WLT, Frieze, and elsewhere. He writes the popular newsletter “The Week in Italy” and is the author of The Invention of Sicily (2021).
A woman’s writing, and routine, are disrupted when she meets a man on a bicycle.
The signorina Maddalena Rubí has a passion for poetry.
She writes a little after dinner each night, before go…
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