This Is the Garden — Giulio Mozzi

As Minna Proctor states, "Gorgeously rooted in the best modernist tradition of writers like Italo Calvino and Antonio Tabucchi, Mozzi is among the most fiercely literary authors emerging from Italian literature today." From the story of the purse-snatcher returning his loot to that of a girl's intimate moments with an angel, these pieces revolve around characters who have lost something.