The book explores the tension between official history and personal memory, the inevitable proximity of death, and the search for closure.
The story follows , an elderly man who returns to his hometown of Maratea in southern Italy after 30 years in exile. He had originally left the village the day after the victory of World War II, having fought with the partisans . Key Narrative Elements: Tren a Maratea - Vicenç Villatoro i Lamolla - h...
Villatoro has noted that the story was inspired by a trip he took to Maratea to research his family history (his maternal ancestors were named Lammoglia ), though the characters themselves are fictional. The book explores the tension between official history