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The Sixth Day
The Second Novell
STORYTELLER: PAMPINEA Pampinea laments the fact that sometimes Fortune and Nature
ARTWORK: THE DECAMERON OF PETRU RUSU conspire to put good men in unsuitable situations or to give them
THE SIXTH DAY, SECOND NOVELL bodies that don’t match their great personalities. But both Nature and
1985 HAND COLORED ETCHING
AQUATINTA AQUAFORTE 21X29 CM | 8½X11½ IN Fortune have a way of hiding the best parts until they’re absolutely
needed and then they burst forth. Pampinea will tell a story that
illustrates this and takes a humble baker as its protagonist.
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