Douro Editions "Through reading, we become absent from ourselves and our own lives." Alphonse Karr
Jean-Pierre Santini

Jean-Pierre Santini was born in Barrettali, in Cap Corse. He has lived there since 1977. An activist publisher, he runs the A Fior di Carta publishing house. He is the author of around fifty works: novels, stories, short stories, plays, poems, aphorisms, and political essays. He has also contributed to several collective works. (Illustration: photo of the Giottani (Barrettali) marine, the Gulf of Saint-Florent, the Agriates Desert, and Balagne)

Love for one another is an absolute, an insurmountable experience, a horizon we dream of reaching. But the horizon is a trompe-l'oeil. It always opens onto other horizons and becomes a line of flight. So, urgently, we anticipate departures. Publication date: March 1, 2023
