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Solomon J. in the Village of the Pepileni
The story that gives back.
A symbolic fairy tale by Anusha Bhama Gukhool about childhood, emotional intensity and high cognitive potential. Written in Italian, presented here in English for readers outside Italy. The book itself is published in Italian, in print.
The Pepileni are an original creation by Anusha Bhama Gukhool in Italian literature. They live inside an original imaginative world, a therapeutic fairy tale that uses a new mythology to explore and explain absence, addiction, how children perceive themselves, their relationship with the world around them and their emotions. It speaks in particular to parents and to the world of gifted children with high cognitive potential.
The puzzle of Pepilandia: words and images of the tale
Tap and discover Pepilandia
Yesterday, today, tomorrow
The village of Pepilandia is a place for the children of the past, the present and the future: for everyone who has ever been told they feel too much, think too fast or ask too many questions.
Solomon J. crosses a landscape made of symbols. He meets the Pepileno Cucù, the giant held by his own dependency, the glacier of the Alcolà, the village that is no longer there. Along the way he receives the Takaró, a cloak of stars that has to be cared for.
ISBN 9798289918543 · Amazon KDP · 2025 · Italian language, print edition
Four questions before you read
Does your child feel everything more intensely than the others?
In Pepilandia intensity is not a flaw to be corrected. It is a way of being in the world, and the village is built to hold it.
Has someone told you your child is too much: too sensitive, too fast, too alone?
Solomon J. is that child. The tale gives him a village, a language and a cloak, and gives the adult reader a way to speak about it.
Do you need words for an absence, a separation, an addiction at home?
The story names hard things through symbols: the giant, the glacier, the village that burns. Children understand symbols before they understand explanations.
Are you looking for a book that speaks to the child and to the adult at once?
Two readings live in the same pages: a fairy tale for children, an essay-like depth for parents, teachers and psychologists. Print edition only.
Themes, symbols and who it is for.
Anusha Bhama Gukhool, teacher and writer in Turin.
Schools, readings, training, interviews.
Preferisci l'italiano? Vai alla versione italiana del sito.
https://www.solomonjnelvillaggiodeipepileni.it