The tales of Biagio Arixi: "A way to help orphans of femicide"
The author, originally from Villasor, returns to the fantastic narrative after having experimented with the novel and poetry in recent years
An editorial project to help children who have suffered . To ensure that their future has an imprint of serenity.
The book "Mamma, let's read a fairy tale" by Biagio Arixi (La Zattera editions) aims to support those who, at an early age, lost their essential maternal figure following a femicide, due to the blind violence of a husband or partner. Children, struck by a tragic destiny who must be assured of help to face the junctures of life after the terrible trauma they have suffered.
The author specifies that " we want to offer concrete support , through the proceeds from the sale of the work and with other closely related initiatives, to children who have become orphans twice : the first when their mother was killed, the second when the judiciary has revoked the parental authority of the surviving parent ".
The volume - he adds - is a reading experience for anyone with curiosity who wants to immerse themselves in the world of fairy tales, from children to adults. This literary genre helps us to understand ourselves and others better and effectively and clearly transmits messages of love and friendship, feelings we have, in a very tormented moment, great need ".
The value of fairy tales in the words of Gianni Rodari : “I believe that old and new ones can help educate the mind. The fairy tale is the place for all hypotheses: it can give us keys to enter reality by new paths, it can help the child to know the world ”.
Arixi, defined by Raffaella Carrà as “the poet of children” , focuses on the Crescent, Maghrebi cat, protagonist of multiple adventures with a soothing happy ending. For the author, a return to fantastic narration after having experimented in recent years with other forms of expression such as the novel and poetry. Biagio Arixi, born in Villasor , now back in Sardinia at the end of a long period spent in Rome, in the seventies and eighties, has frequented and met many personalities who have given prestige to the Italian cultural and artistic life.
Dario Bellezza wrote in "Paese Sera": "Arixi is one of the greatest living Italian poets ". Now he renews his never forgotten love for fairy tales, through an editorial project with a social and literary value.
