There is a place in the heart of Germany where all the fairy tales that fascinated us in our childhood are collected: it’s the The Brothers Grimm House. In the dark and alone, Silvia Ballestra entered these rooms, spending a night unlike any other.

What do we have to do with fairy tales or what do fairy tales have to do with us? Each of us has at least one fairy tale that has left an indelible mark on us and often, when we face important moments in our lives, we are reminded of the archetypes they have passed on to us. The truth is that we all have to deal with fairy tales, and therefore also with the Grimms. Two brothers who lived two hundred years ago and were responsible for at least two colossal feats: the publication of the best-selling and most translated German book ever, Kinder und Hausmärchen (Grimm’s Fairy Tales), and the writing of the first German dictionary. Silvia Ballestra enters Kessel’s Grimmwelt and spends a night there, empty of all presence and immersed in silence. It is a dream come true, along with the crazy idea that something can come to life and tell its own story, using solitude and memory, the darkness outside and the voices that for centuries have accompanied children to sleep or animated vigils in front of the fireplace