Italy, 1979. Paolo and Luisa go to an island where a high security prison. He goes to visit his terrorist son, she doubles her abusive husband murderer. A storm will not allow them to return that evening they will have to spend a night on this island a penal under the supervision of Nitti, a guard who lost his youthful illusions Francesca Melandri offers us a novel gently featuring characters we manhandled by life: a father who saw his son fall in terrorism, a woman for whom arrest of her abusive husband is almost a blessing, and a prison guard whose hardness function has slowly ground its human characters convictions Extremely touching in their simplicity, their suffering .. full meeting demotion, modesty and poetic moment .. Without ever naming them, Francesca will also refer to the movement of Brigades Red and assassination DALDO Moro and give a discreet political meaning to his novel .. A sweet nice, with fine writing and full sensitivity
