From The Old Man by the Sea by Domenico Starnone (Europa Editions), translated from the Italian by Oonagh Stransky: ...

Really playing a character is about a lot more than whether you have to take your shirt off. Sometimes you do, sometimes you ...

PART I--THE SOLDIER'S MARCH GENERAL:(Wry, weary, humane)A victory march?Almost. Not quite.The enemy capitalIs nearly in sight.The decisive battlesHave all been fought and won.In a very short time, now ...

The twins had long harbored the desire to murder their father and make the modest point that greed and desecration do not always go unpunished.