Writer Silvia Avallone presents her experience during quarantine and her personal evolution during this time. She believes that our complicity with one another and planet Earth will bring us both freedom and happiness.
Silvia Avallone is an Italian poet and novelist. Her debut novel, Swimming to Elba, was first published in Italy as Acciaio, and won second place in the 2010 Premio Strega. Her second novel, Marina Bellezza, was published in 2013. Her third novel published in 2018, The Perfect Life, narrates the interwoven histories of two Italian women confronted with the question of motherhood. Born in Biella, Italy, Avallone now lives in Bologna.