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Animals have always understood that mankind is not fully at home in the world. Bestiaries, hoping to teach, send out warnings. This one, of course, aims at doing the same.
Italian poems by Antonello Borra
English translations by Blossom S. Kirschenbaum
Art by Delia Robinson Foreword by Greg Delanty
Afterword by Camillo Pennati
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AlphaBetaBestiario - Antonello Borra
AlphaBetaBestiario
AlphaBetaBestiario
Antonello Borra
Translated by
Blossom S. Kirschenbaum
Illustrated by
Delia Robinson
FomiteContents
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Acknowledgments
Foreword
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L'agnello
The Lamb
Chapter 1
L’ape
The Bee
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L’aragosta
The Lobster
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Il bradipo
The Sloth
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Il cammello
The Camel
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Il criceto
The Hamster
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La farfalla
The Butterfly
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Il fenicottero
The Flamingo
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La formica
The Ant
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Il gabbiano
The Seagull
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La gallina
The Hen
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La giraffa
The Giraffe
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La iena
The Hyena
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L’ippocampo
The Sea Horse
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Il leone
The Lion
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La locusta
The Locust
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La lucertola
The Lizard
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La mantide
The Mantis
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La mosca
The Fly
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Il mulo
The Mule
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L’oca
The Goose
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Il passero
The Sparrow
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Il pinguino
The Penguin
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Il pipistrello
The Bat
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Il ragno
The Spider
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La rondine
The Swallow
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La seppia
The Cuttlefish
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La talpa
The Mole
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La tigre
The Tiger
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Il verme
The Worm
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La vespa
The Wasp
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La zebra
The Zebra
Afterword
About the Author
About the Translator
About the Artist
Green Mountain
AlphaBetaBestiario
Poems
Antonello Borra
English Translations
Blossom
Art
Delia Robinson
Poems Copyright © 2011 by Antonello Borra
Translations Copyright © 2011 by Blossom S. Kirschenbaum
Art Copyright © 2011 by Delia Robinson
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