Short-a-Day: Dacia Maraini's "Hunger"
Originally published in A Public Space, No. 6, 2008. Personal enjoyment rating (out of 100): 63.[Translated by Will Schutt as part of the FOCUS: Italy series.]The child opens her eyes and discovers it's still dark out. Her stomach is stiff with hunger. She had been dreaming of biting into a loaf of bread when a serpent slid onto her arm. She woke with a start and good-bye, bread. Going back to sleep is out of the que…