The parched earth creaks and groans beneath our feet. On the horizon, towards the sea, a thin column of smoke. The ravenous fire engulfs the parched pastures. Fear of the tyrannical sun

Always understated and elegant, even when he was joking and teasing you, even after having had several glasses of wine, which must have been of the finest quality. The book by Paolo Di Stefano

Translator Alessandra Casella takes a liberty, sparing readers a glaring inaccuracy. In doing so, however, she may also take away some of the magic