Rome, April 1987. Milo is a man who has lost everything because of others, deeply devoted to death—whom he invokes daily but lacks the courage to bring upon himself—and forced to live on the streets. Federico Caffè is "the Professor," a figure shrouded in questions destined never to be answered. The first is (perhaps) a fictional character, the second a real man, a key figure in the political and economic debates of the 1980s and a firm advocate of the need to ensure high levels of employment and social protection for the most vulnerable. His sudden disappearance remains an unsolved mystery, and his encounter with Milo is yet another enigma.
Postiglione, February 2023. A narrator carries the memory of her family, retracing the struggles and joys of the debt of love we owe to our roots. The lives of Milo and the Professor thus enter the story of a woman, a village, and an entire generation in struggle, torn between hatred and longing for a time that, perhaps, will never return.
Carmen Pellegrino presents a magical novel, a dizzying descent into the memory of places and the people who inhabited them, uncovering the hidden and infinite life that resides within. A free spirit wandering through gardens and souls, never losing its way.
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