The Fireflies of Torino
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This main story is based on true experiences I witnessed while living in Italy.
The other stories feature people I have met along the way. JP
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“People are hungry for stories. It’s part of our very being. Storytelling is a form of history, of immortality too. It goes from one generation to another.
― Studs Terkel
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The Fireflies of Torino is a collection of short stories and stand-alone dialogues that shed a light on modern life - the dreams, regrets, hidden choices, hope, lust, and sometimes, even love.
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Life at the heart of the modern age - where old dreams and new cultures collide
- “Dirty” Dirk Hardly has always enjoyed working as a sniper, but his life seems to have taken a dramatic -and very confusing- turn for the worst.
- Sade is a stranger in a strange land fighting to survive on the fringes of society
- TomTom thinks he might have accidentally come close to being a father before, but he still thinks it is the woman’s job to take care of such things.
- Sunok Yoon is the queen of deception weaving a web of deceit in the digital shadows
- Since meeting Candice, Merle Atkins has fully embraced the free love movement. How is that even possible? Never mind. One should never look a sexual gift horse in the mouth.
- And Cal and Rebecca are searching for answers amidst conflicting demands of faith and love
A Tapestry of humanity awaits
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We all hope. It’s what keeps us alive.”
― David Mamet