{"id":3035,"date":"2018-11-27T14:17:04","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T14:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jameslawless.net\/?p=3035"},"modified":"2020-11-24T11:13:04","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T11:13:04","slug":"award-winning-story-lovers-who-wound-blame-it-on-the-storm-in-italian-portuguese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jameslawless.net\/?p=3035","title":{"rendered":"Award-winning story Lovers who wound blame it on the storm in Italian &#038; Portuguese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am delighted to announce that my award-winning story Lovers who wound blame it on the storm which won the WOW Award has been translated into Italian &#038; Portuguese. Available on Kindle and other epub devices.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/jameslawless.net\/?attachment_id=3037#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3037\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3037\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jameslawless.net\/?attachment_id=3037#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amanti-che.jpg?fit=1852%2C2776&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1852,2776\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Amanti che\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amanti-che.jpg?fit=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amanti-che.jpg?fit=668%2C1002&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amanti-che-100x150.jpg?resize=100%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amanti-che.jpg?resize=100%2C150&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amanti-che.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amanti-che.jpg?resize=768%2C1151&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amanti-che.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amanti-che.jpg?w=1852&amp;ssl=1 1852w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amanti-che.jpg?w=1336&amp;ssl=1 1336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Amanti che biasimano la tempesta (Italian Edition)\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"668\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_QUtSzKqXrgk1gv&#038;asin=B07KTJM114&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Amanti che biasimano la tempesta (Italian Edition)\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"668\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.co.uk\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_YoNukLonXydAEn&#038;asin=B07KTJM114&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Amanti che biasimano la tempesta&#8217; dimostra come uno scrittore di talento sia capace di trasformare una traccia di ossesione erotico-amorosa in una forma d&#8217;arte, caratterizzandolo con personaggi, con dei temi e con un&#8217;atmosfera assolutamente genuini&#8217; -, commento della giuria del WOW Award.<br \/>\nEstratto:<br \/>\nLa pioggia cadeva obliqua, picchiettando sonoramente sul finestrino della carrozza mentre il treno procedeva oltre Limerick. In quel momento, gli sembr\u00f2 di provare come un senso di emancipazione, un senso di libert\u00e0, intanto che la vettura percorreva la curva oltre i binari di sosta e il cantiere di smistamento, spostandosi al di l\u00e0 del rugginoso materiale rotabile. Il passato si faceva da parte per lasciare spazio alla vastit\u00e0 e alla luce che riusciva a intravedere al di l\u00e0 della pioggia che andava diramandosi. Il cambiamento lo sentiva nell\u2019aria, mentre allo sguardo ecco che i stagliavano campi verdeggianti, bestiame al pascolo e la ginestra dal color giallo accesso, e il ritmo finalmente regolare del treno rasserenava l\u2019animo.<br \/>\nSi stava lasciando alle spalle un groviglio di carni e ossa grondanti di sangue, l\u2019eros estirpato, la derisione ultima ormai sua da reclamare e l\u2019arroganza di un tempo ormai ridotta al nulla, il guaito del mondo ormai soffocato.<br \/>\nRidi pure di me, Aifric, se cos\u00ec ti piace. L\u2019aveva lasciata ansimante, aveva lasciato tutti loro l\u00ec, in piedi, nella loro nudit\u00e0 spettrale all\u2019interno di quella baita asfissiante. L\u2019aveva vista coi propri occhi alzare la mano, colta dalla sorpresa, per impedire alla propria bocca di frantumare, con delle urla, il di lei consueto sangue freddo. Come foglie tremule, l\u00ec aveva lasciati l\u00ec, in balia del fremito delle loro carni nude.<br \/>\nProva a sfoggiare quelle ossa ormai in frantumi, Bartholomew, nel mondo infero. Prova a sedurre le diavolesse, prova a vedere se continua a piacerti adesso che non v\u2019\u00e8 pi\u00f9 scarsit\u00e0 di fuoco da cui attingere la tua fiamma. Fatti largo a tuo piacimento, nudo, fra sottoposti accondiscendenti. Per sempre e per l\u2019eternit\u00e0, ma forse senza nessun amen, dato che non era certo che quel colpo di pugnale l\u2019avesse effettivamente ucciso. Forse, Aifric e le due ragazze Finn ce l\u2019avevano fatta a portarlo da un medico in tempo. Theo non era rimasto per scoprirlo. E, soprattutto, gliene importa qualcosa? Inizialmente no, ma col senno di poi, se il colpo fosse stato davvero fatale, la legge sarebbe corsa a stanarlo&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jameslawless.net\/?attachment_id=3038#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3038\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3038\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jameslawless.net\/?attachment_id=3038#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/A_culpa__da_tempestade-2.jpg?fit=1852%2C2776&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1852,2776\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"A_culpa__da_tempestade (2)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/A_culpa__da_tempestade-2.jpg?fit=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/A_culpa__da_tempestade-2.jpg?fit=668%2C1002&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/A_culpa__da_tempestade-2-100x150.jpg?resize=100%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/A_culpa__da_tempestade-2.jpg?resize=100%2C150&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/A_culpa__da_tempestade-2.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/A_culpa__da_tempestade-2.jpg?resize=768%2C1151&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/A_culpa__da_tempestade-2.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/A_culpa__da_tempestade-2.jpg?w=1852&amp;ssl=1 1852w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/A_culpa__da_tempestade-2.jpg?w=1336&amp;ssl=1 1336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nUma hist\u00f3ria premiada e contradit\u00f3ria de amor, inibi\u00e7\u00f5es e lux\u00faria, configurada como pano de fundo do mundo diplom\u00e1tico.<br \/>\nExtracto:<br \/>\nA chuva inclinada atinge a janela da carruagem enquanto o trem sai de Limerick. Ele sente um al\u00edvio, uma liberdade, enquanto a plataforma negocia uma curva que se abre para al\u00e9m do p\u00e1tio lateral e do p\u00e1tio de manobras, e desloca-se para al\u00e9m do material enferrujado. O passado est\u00e1 retrocedendo, abrindo caminho para o novo e para a luz como os punhais da chuva que se acalmam. Ele pode sentir o cheiro de mudan\u00e7a no ar, ver os campos verdes se desdobrando e os animais pastando e o roj\u00e3o em seu farol amarelo, e o ritmo do trem firme agora, trazendo equil\u00edbrio ao cora\u00e7\u00e3o.<br \/>\nO que ele deixou para tr\u00e1s. Uma massa sangrenta de carne e osso, Eros extraiu, o \u00faltimo esc\u00e1rnio seu agora para reivindicar, na redu\u00e7\u00e3o a nada daquela antiga arrog\u00e2ncia, a gordura do mundo deflacionado.<br \/>\nRia de mim agora, Aifric, se voc\u00ea quiser. Ele a deixou ofegante, todos eles de p\u00e9, nus, horrorizados na cabine sufocante. Ele testemunhou sua m\u00e3o subindo em choque para conter sua boca de sair estilha\u00e7ando todo o seu antigo sangue-frio. Como folhas tr\u00eamulas, foram deixadas no abalo de sua carne nua.<br \/>\nOstente seus ossos de moagem, Bartholomeu, no submundo. Seduza as diabas, veja como agora voc\u00ea gosta sem a falta de fogo para tirar da sua chama. Lute nu com subalternos complacentes para a ess\u00eancia do seu cora\u00e7\u00e3o. Para todo o sempre, mas talvez sem am\u00e9m, porque ele n\u00e3o tinha certeza se o golpe da faca o matou. Talvez Aifric e as finlandesas o tenham levado ao m\u00e9dico a tempo. Theo n\u00e3o esperou para descobrir.<br \/>\nE ele se importa? Inicialmente ele n\u00e3o fez, mas em retrospectiva, se resultou fatal, a lei poderia vir depois dele&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A culpa \u00e9 da tempestade (Portuguese Edition)\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"668\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_PayqeKz4gxkFkp&#038;asin=B07CYH8F78&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A culpa \u00e9 da tempestade (Portuguese Edition)\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"668\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.co.uk\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_1SOpUSwneQdKKY&#038;asin=B07CYH8F78&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jameslawless.net\/?attachment_id=2834#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2834\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2834\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jameslawless.net\/?attachment_id=2834#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lovers_who-1.jpg?fit=1852%2C2776&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1852,2776\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"lovers_who (1)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lovers_who-1.jpg?fit=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lovers_who-1.jpg?fit=668%2C1002&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lovers_who-1-100x150.jpg?resize=100%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lovers_who-1.jpg?resize=100%2C150&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lovers_who-1.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lovers_who-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1151&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lovers_who-1.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lovers_who-1.jpg?w=1852&amp;ssl=1 1852w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jameslawless.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lovers_who-1.jpg?w=1336&amp;ssl=1 1336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWinner of the WOW Award for fiction.<br \/>\n\u2018Lovers Who Wound Blame it on the Storm shows how a talented writer can take the framework of an erotic love fixation and turn it into art by infusing it with a bona fide sense of character, motive and atmosphere.\u2019 The Judges on the WOW Award.<br \/>\nOpening extract:<br \/>\nThe slanted rain hits the carriage window as the train trundles out of Limerick. He feels \u00ac\u00aca release, a freedom, as the bogie negotiates a curve clearing beyond the sidings and marshalling yard, and shunting beyond rusty rolling stock. The past is receding, giving way to openness and a brightness as the daggers of rain ease. He can smell change in the air, see the green fields unfolding and animals grazing and the furze in its beacon yellow, and the rhythm of the train steady now, bringing equilibrium to the heart.<br \/>\nWhat he left behind. A bleeding mass of flesh and bone, Eros extracted, the final derision his now to claim, at the reduction to nothingness of that former arrogance, the blubber of the world deflated.<br \/>\nLaugh at me now, Aifric, if you will. He left her gasping, all of them left standing naked aghast in the sweltering cabin. Her hand he witnessed rising in shock to contain her mouth from shattering all her former sangfroid. Like trembling leaves they were left, in the shudder of their naked flesh.<br \/>\nFlaunt your grinding bones, Bartholomew, in the underworld. Seduce the shedevils, see how you like it now with no lack of fire to take from your flame. Wrestle naked with compliant underlings to your heart\u2019s content. For ever and ever, but maybe with no amen, for he wasn\u2019t sure if the knife thrust had killed him. Maybe Aifric and the Finns got him to a doctor in time. Theo didn\u2019t wait around to find out.<br \/>\nAnd does he care? Initially he did not, but in hindsight if it turned out fatal, the law could come after him.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/view\/749482<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lovers Who Wound Blame it on the Storm\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"668\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_DuuxHmaDPrkv85&#038;asin=B079M5829Q&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lovers Who Wound Blame it on the Storm\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"668\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_90AVfvJOFbF0I6&#038;asin=B079M5829Q&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am delighted to announce that my award-winning story Lovers who wound blame it on the storm which won the WOW Award has been translated into Italian &#038; Portuguese. 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