This Is the Garden

As Minna Proctor states, "Gorgeously rooted in the best modernist tradition of writers like Italo Calvino and Antonio Tabucchi, Mozzi is among the most fiercely literary authors emerging from Italian literature today." From the story of the purse-snatcher returning his loot to that of the girl playing with an angel's penis, these pieces revolve around characters who have lost something.

Giulio Mozzi has published twenty-six books?as fiction writer, poet, and editor. He is primarily known for his story collections, especially This Is the Garden, which won the Premio Mondello. His work has appeared in numerous American journals and in Best European Ficiton 2010.

Elizabeth Harris's translations have appeared in numerous anthologies adn journals. She is also the translator of Mario Rigoni Stern's Giacomo's Seasons and Antonio Tabucchi's Tristano Is Dying. She teaches creative writing at the University of North Dakota.