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Surrounded by the natural beauty of the Val Trebbia in the Italian Apennines, and immersed in the richness of the traditions of its inhabitants, two men struggle to give meaning to the changes that the dramatic events of their age precipitate. Taking opposite sides, they live through the hopes and lies of the 1930s, try to make sense of a lost war, fight for freedom and dignity, and learn to live with their disappointment at the attitudes of the liberators. What is ethics and morality and how should they be pursued? What is the role of one's heritage and traditions? The novel is a factual puzzle woven into a fictional narrative. Fictional characters move in a carefully researched social context, interact with people who really existed and participate in the actual events that took place in the valley and in Italy during the period 1920-1955.

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Paolo has lived and worked in Brazil, Italy, Mexico, Spain, the Netherlands, the UK, and the United States. He has travelled extensively and with a strong preference for uncomfortable places. His travels and life experiences have provided material and inspiration for both his non-fiction stories and his fiction writing. He received a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Roehampton, London and has published two collections of travel stories Far Beyond the Castle (2016), and That Moment (2018); Fairy Tail (2017) a Siberian fairy tale; and What Lies Beyond and Other Stories (2017) a collection of fiction stories mixing the real with the surreal. He has published in Italian: La solitudine di Ulisse (1999), Passages (2002) Vie scomode all'Eden (2017) and Nell'aldil (2018). He lives and writes in London, UK and on Lake Maggiore, Italy

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