Beneath the transparent, starry roof of a world-house (casa-munnu), Biagio Guerrera welcomes a microcosm of voices that speak, whisper, and sing in Sicilian dialect, the languages and passions of the world we inhabit. In the spirit of Friendship, Listening, and Hospitality (but also Loss) that make the world "home," the author's intimate dialogues with human and animal creatures, with familiar and irregular figures or places, unfold from fragment to lyric, nonetheless present and loving. All are always on the threshold of a beginning or a dissolution. All are told and brought together by the tenacious humility of a listening heart that seeks to know, and recognize itself, in the breath of nature.

sewing the threads of time, joining the bottom with the top, is called love, education, knowing how to listen, knowing how to dream, rarely peace between the dead and the living.

sewing the threads of time / joining the bottom with the top / it's called love, education / knowing how to listen, knowing how to dream / giving peace to the dead and the living