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Chiara Puntil Sélavy

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Chiara Puntil Sélavy

All the fires the fire

“But I was very angry”: some notes on Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire.

Nov 14, 2021

Heloise poses for Marianne in her green dress. Marianne comments on her expression: “Anger always comes to the fore”.

Nov 14, 2021

Chiara Puntil Sélavy

Apnea

A tale of Brexit and bated breath.

Mar 29, 2019

Apnea

Mar 29, 2019

Chiara Puntil Sélavy

L’inferno è un anello Chevalier

Athina Rachel Tsangari e i suoi sei uomini in barca

Feb 1, 2019

L’inferno è un anello Chevalier

Feb 1, 2019

Chiara Puntil Sélavy

Parable

It is still so vivid, the fountain gurgling outside, the small crack in the shutters that let the light in. The room looked bathed in…

Nov 30, 2018

Parable

Nov 30, 2018

Chiara Puntil Sélavy
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Spaesamento, countrylessness.

È qualcosa che ti succede, sempre al passivo.

Jun 27, 2018

Spaesamento, countrylessness.

Jun 27, 2018

Chiara Puntil Sélavy

Countrylessness

A couple of years ago, there was an online trend for untranslatable words. It was as if the entire Internet had fallen prey to the…

Jun 16, 2018

Countrylessness

Jun 16, 2018

Chiara Puntil Sélavy

Originally

First English lesson of year, new class, new school. Divided in small groups, we’re given a cut up poem that we have to reconstruct — an…

May 29, 2018

Originally

May 29, 2018

Chiara Puntil Sélavy

Lonely London

There used to be a hotel on Queens Road. It was called the Marbella, it looked like a bad cliché. I used to tell myself I’d book a room…

Mar 30, 2018

Lonely London

Mar 30, 2018

Chiara Puntil Sélavy

Zadie Smith for those who stay

“Zadie Smith dislikes the words the end”

Aug 22, 2017

Zadie Smith for those who stay

Aug 22, 2017

Chiara Puntil Sélavy

Zadie Smith per chi resta a Londra

“A Zadie Smith non piace la parola fine”

Aug 22, 2017

Zadie Smith per chi resta a Londra

Aug 22, 2017

Chiara Puntil Sélavy

Chiara Puntil Sélavy

London-based writer and translator. Expendable Chapters is her latest project; subscribe at tinyletter.com/chiaraselavy to read all the issues.

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