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Through letters, memories, and secrets, an intense novel that intertwines passion, loss, and hidden truths.
In wounded post-war Rome, former actress Giulia Catania lives in silence, imprisoned by memories and by the pain of her husband Baptiste’s disappearance under mysterious circumstances. However, when she receives three mysterious trunks from Africa, everything changes. Inside, among old stage costumes and precious fabrics, Giulia discovers a letter from Baptiste. His words, filled with love, take her by the hand and reveal the secrets and mysteries that had long remained hidden.
Between the cafés of Paris and the intrigues of Cairo, Giulia pieces together the fragments of the life of a man she believed she knew. A story that weaves together passion, mystery, and memory, where theatre becomes a metaphor for life and every identity may conceal an enigma.
Lorenzo Caravella, born in Capua and Roman by adoption, is a lawyer specializing in copyright law, works of art, and film and commercial law. He is the author of the novel Il mio Professore. Qualcuno come te (Santelli, 2019) and the short story collection Una complessa macchina farraginosa e altri racconti (Les Flâneurs, 2022).
