Scenes from our “Human Theater”. María Grazia Calandrone e Ieda Magri

Abstract

This essay aims to compare two books published in 2021, that is, still in the pandemic period, which portray searches and returns of the autobiographical protagonists. Brilha como vida, by Maria Grazia Calandrone, and An exhibition, by Ieda Magri, were written in different cultural spaces, Italy and Brazil, respectively, but have some points of contact. The focus is on the initial moment of reading and on the elements chosen by the two writers to start their plots. In these pages, there is a need for searching, for returning, for those who speak to give form to what can only be presented as unfinished, which prevents a linear form. Then, for the construction of these narrative plots, images and family photos, other people's voices, fragmented memories and other elements that make up the scene of the “human theater” come into play.