Terremoti

In the heart of Irpinia, devastated by the earthquake of November 23, 1980, a young geologist—Andrea—confronts precariousness, environmental destruction, the oppression of dignitaries, and the ineptitude of politicians and technicians. Guiding him toward survival and hope is Stefania's love, as well as a return (always charged with feelings, thoughts, and emotions) to the places of his childhood and adolescence. Between the drama of everyday life and memory, in Andrea's life the emergency caused by earthquakes and seismic swarms intertwines with the turmoil of the soul, in a tale of extraordinary intensity. "It's not just a personal story that flows through this book," wrote Raffaele La Capria, "but also a historical and civic memory, which concerns the end of a rural Italy in the grip of a poorly assimilated modernity that generates only hybrids and ugliness."