Set between the Netherlands and the end of western Liguria, Marino Magliani traces a geography of the humane and the forlorn, of panoramas and yearning. "A Window to Zeewijk" is the story of a changing landscapes, of houses with lifespans shorter than that their inhabitants. A chance encounter leads readers down trails of joy and melancholy, as everything seems to be in Zeewijk.
Marino Magliani was born in a small village in Val Prino, Liguria. He lives in Holland, in the neighborhood of Zeewijk on the North Sea. Author of novels and story collections, he is also a translator of Latin American and Spanish authors. Every so often, when he remembers, he returns to Italy.
Zachary Scalzo is a writer and translator currently working in South Florida. He has received degrees in Comparative Literature from Florida Atlantic University and Indiana University Bloomington, and has completed an MFA in Drama from the University of Calgary.