THE SOUND OF A NAME

THE SOUND OF A NAME

The only thing that unites us to one another, across generations, across seas, across the Babel of languages, is the sound of a name. Amin Maalouf It has been a long time since I last told stories to children. I lost the habit once my grandchildren and other children in the family reached an age where other forms of entertainment became part of their choices. Children’s and youth literature, however, have never ceased to interest me, because I s…