Michał Rusinek, author of the book “Piccole Poesie di Famiglia” (illustrated by Joanna Rusinek, translated by Linda Del Sarto with poetic advice and afterword by Chiara Carminati) invites Italian readers to use their imagination to build the family tree of their family, just as he has done by staging bizarre and amusing characters such as the pirate, the kidnapper, the tailor, the flight attendant, the prisoner and many others. Come and discover them among his poems.

THE BOOK

“My family, seen from the outside, is a bit like any other… But do you think there really is a normal family? I am convinced that in each of us there is some strangeness, each of us has had some adventure, each of us can tell some bizarre anecdote. And the same goes for families! Here you have the complete and extravagant catalogue of my family (of ours, actually, since my sister is the book’s illustrator), told through 50 little poems inspired by our ancestors: there are the kidnappers (which one is the real culprit?), the flight attendant, the tailor, the prisoner and many others!”

A collection of poems written and illustrated in an ironic, fresh and hilarious tone, inviting young readers to look at those around them with different eyes and try their hand at drawing the family tree of their own family.

The ironic and brilliant style of Nobel Prize-winning poet Wisława Szymborska is reborn in the poems of her most trusted friend: Michał Rusinek

WHERE CAN I BUY THE BOOK?

Click here to buy the book. Don’t forget that there is also a digital edition!