Andrea Bajani reads his story “
Constellation,” which was translated, from the Italian, by Geoffrey Brock, and appeared in the June 15, 2026, issue of the magazine. Bajani is a winner of the Bagutta Prize and the Strega Prize, among other awards, and the author of ten books of fiction, including “
If You Kept a Record of Sins” and “
Every Promise.” His most recent novel, “
The Anniversary,” from which this story was adapted, is being translated into more than two dozen languages, and will be published in English in August.