Titiritess lives in the kingdom of The-day-before-yesterday. Her mother, Mandolin, dreams of seeing her daughter well married and tries to educate her as a refined courtesan; but her daughter rejects the conventional life that has been imposed on her and does not share her mother’s ambitions. Faced with the imminent arrival of a governess, Titiritess decides to flee the palace and to live fantastic and amusing adventures: to visit an inventor of words, to face a terrible monster, to meet another princess with sweet lips…
Titiritess lives in the kingdom of The-day-before-yesterday. Her mother, Mandolin, dreams of seeing her daughter well married and tries to educate her as a refined courtesan; but her daughter rejects the conventional life that has been imposed on her and does not share her mother’s ambitions. Faced with the imminent arrival of a governess, Titiritess decides to flee the palace and to live fantastic and amusing adventures: to visit an inventor of words, to face a terrible monster, to meet another princess with sweet lips…
A daring tale that deals with female homosexuality with humor, naturalness and freshness. In Titiritesa, love is celebrated without prejudice, while with the necessary sensitivity the subject is exposed to children readers and contributes to their affective education.
With his personal style of illustration, Quarello draws characters with a personality that matches the text. The images bring verisimilitude to the story, but also masterfully evoke the feelings that invade a person when he or she grows up and experiences love for the first time.
Text by Xerardo Quintiá Illustrations by Maurizio A. C. Quarello
