If you have read Calvino's collection Sotto il sole giaguaro (Under the Jaguar Sun), you know that Calvino mentioned only 3 of the 5 human senses: smell in "Il nome il naso", taste in "Sapore saperiâ" and hearing in "Un re in ascolto". Two senses are thus still missing!

Our challenge to you, enthusiast of Italian language, is this: write two short stories about the two other senses, the sense of sight and the sense of touch.

The judges of IL FARO will select the best short stories, and the authors will receive a free course of Italian Language at our school * for the summer 2011.

In order to participate you need:

• to be 18 or older

• not to be native speaker of Italian

• not to live in Italy

If you'd like to participate, send a short story in Italian of maximum 1500 characters to unditonellocchio@gmail.com.

All short stories will be published on a blog dedicated to "Un dito nell'occhio".

The winners will be announced on the 20^th December 2010.

In bocca al lupo!

*The language course for the winner writers will be two weeks long and will include: 20 weekly hours of class, teaching material, certificate of attendance, and reservation in a hotel in town.

Accommodation and transportation are not included and are the winners’ responsibility.

The course must be taken in the period between the 13^th June 2011 and the 30^th September 2011