Document winter From small spaces in quiet

From small spaces in quiet locations to large holiday centres with fun for all the family

his body nailed to an ancient oak

in city after city

pillage and lust' Thomas Mann A story of war in all its absurdity and horror

Document winter From small spaces in quietThe pivotal 1976 work of one of Italy's most significant post war voices asks how poetry can document lived experience while dialoguing with the Petrarchan sonnet tradition. Long fascinated by the classical sonnet as an ideal model, Rosselli took on the Petrarchan structure of a canzoniere a text in which meaning is generated by sequence to contain the flood of 175 poems for her third collection. Speaking of DOCUMENT, Rosselli said: 'It was hard work;