Marina Colasanti is a writer, journalist, and
visual artist. Born in Eritrea, she has lived in Libya, Italy, and
Brazil, where she moved in 1948. She is the author of over sixty
books, which have been translated into French, German, Spanish, and
Catalan, and she has been recognized with numerous awards.
Adria Frizzi is a scholar and translator of
Italian and Latin American literature. Her translations include
works by Marina Colasanti, Osman Lins, Caio Fernando Abreu, Regina
Rheda, Dacia Maraini, Elena Ferrante, and Rossana Campo. She
teaches Italian and translation studies at the University of Texas
at Austin.
A True Blue Idea constitutes one of Colasanti's most successful
ventures into the world of myth and the unconscious. These ten
original fairy tales are populated with princesses, kings, wizards,
lakes, streams, flowers, unicorns, bees, and other forms of nature
that invite the reader into a world where there is freedom to
contemplate mainstream discourses of power and gender relations in
creative ways. Colasanti's tales promise to find a captive
audience.--Peggy Sharpe "Florida State University"
I expect wonderful things from the Donald Haase Series in
Fairy-Tale Studies, and A True Blue Idea is a wonderful thing: a
short collection of fairy tales from Italian-Brazilian writer
Marina Colasanti, originally published in Portuguese.--Theodora
Goss "Marvels & Tales"
Ten magical fairy tales for readers of all ages. A king disappears
in the wind, an embroidered garden gives fruit, a true blue idea
stays forever young. Adria Frizzi's translation captures the poetry
of unexpected and illuminating twists.--Kenneth David Jackson "Yale
University"
The stories in A True Blue Idea are beautiful fairy tales written
for readers of all ages. Full of symbolism, they address
characteristic themes of the genre: our innermost desires and
fears, our need for creativity, and our essential solitude. Adria
Frizzi's skillful translation perfectly captures Colasanti's
delicate poetic prose.--Cristina Ferreira Pinto-Bailey "Washington
and Lee University"
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