Still, it's great to see Mou try a project like this and it serves as an introduction to her more prominent vocal work for some of us who read more contemporary fiction than listen to Italian pop music. I confess to liking her lyrics more than her long-form prose her storytelling seems best geared toward snatches of verse than a book-length exploration of her themes. The release of Nature around the time of the publication Thirsty Sea may signal a diversification of Mou’s output or at least an effort to expand her audience.

Nature has an easy listening quality to it, along with bilingual lyrics (English and Italian) to some of the tracks. Thirsty Sea forms an interesting conversation with Mou's other recent projects, perhaps having more in common thematically with her 2017 album Bandiera sulla Luna and slightly earlier work than her 2021 album Nature. Reading this work, I can see why Mou is prized as a songwriter: she is unafraid to probe her first-person narrator's psyche, using a poetic prose that is more direct than metaphorical. Thirsty Sea is her debut novel, a contemporary piece that cobbles together prose and poetry, memoir and stream of consciousness. Thirsty The folk performer Erica Mou is perhaps better known in her native Italy, an award-winning singer and songwriter who has been recognized for her lyrics as well as for her vocals. The folk performer Erica Mou is perhaps better known in her native Italy, an award-winning singer and songwriter who has been recognized for her lyrics as well as for her vocals.

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