La statua di sale

Lugones was a poet, storyteller, critic, historiographer, lexicographer, orator, and not the most appreciated Hellenist and translator of Homer. He liked to scout and encourage young poets. In his work we find a reflection of our yesterday, of our today and perhaps of our tomorrow. The first story in the selection is Yzur. The Rain of Fire in which he vividly imagines what might have happened in the cities of the plains; The Statue of Salt is biblically inspired, but Lugones makes an addition to the tale we all know with an unusual mystery. It is evident that The Horses of Abdera derives from the sonnet Fuite des Centaures; but it is no less evident that it surpasses its own model. In An Inexplicable Phenomenon, Lugones recounts an unprecedented fact in a flat and poised manner; the inventive element of Francesca’s adventure lies in its intimate tone. Abuela Julieta is the gentlest love story, one of Lugones’s best creations.