Erri De Luca has a fairly recognizable style. Short sentences, poetic, dry. It also situates his story in a context that his readers know well. The south of Italy, Naples, after the war. Here, a small island. A teenager is going to be learning to love, pain, war, life. All of this will fall on him a moray bite and through the terrible secret of Caia, beautiful and mysterious girl. It will then take another dimension, will feel things never before imagined and determine the course of his life in terms of his relationship with the girl and her past. The book is light, solar. So much so that he can make the fever, it can oppress fire as we feel the young man's life, as the heat that reigns on this island can be unbearable for us. So do not expect a light book, rose water; but it is never so with Erri De Luca. This is a true story, strong, powerful and reads very well. It fascinates.
