Overview
Una novela sobre el poder de la conexión humana en medio de la soledad.
El fenómeno literario en Italia que ha conquistado a cientos de miles de lectores.
«La maravillosa historia de dos mujeres sostenidas por un niño». —YoDonna
«Una parábola sobre la fuerza prodigiosa e inextinguible de lo verdaderamente humano». —La Lettura
«Ardone construye personajes que hablan al alma de cualquiera y que viven en el centro de los grandes acontecimientos y no, como ocurre a menudo, en el pequeño ombligo de los recuerdos». —La Repubblica
Vita transcurre los días en silencio, acompañada de Irina, una empleada doméstica que ha aprendido italiano leyendo a Dante, y por Orietta, el nombre que le ha dado a su depresión.
Pero una mañana aparece en su puerta Kostya, el nieto de Irina, un niño de diez años que ha cruzado Europa huyendo de la guerra de Ucrania. Desde ese momento, todo cambia: estas dos mujeres deberán enfrentarse a su propia historia recorriendo un camino en el que la solidaridad se abre paso como una forma de resistencia al dolor.
En una prosa contenida, Viola Ardone construye una novela conmovedora sobre lo que sucede en nuestras vidas cuando irrumpe lo impensable, una historia sobre madres e hijos, sobre las ficciones que nos sostienen, sobre el cuidado como lenguaje común y sobre esos encuentros inesperados que tienen la capacidad de reordenar un mundo roto.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
A novel about the power of human connection amid loneliness.
The literary phenomenon in Italy that has captivated hundreds of thousands of readers.
“The wonderful story of two women held together by a child.” —YoDonna
“A parable about the prodigious and inexhaustible strength of what is truly human.” —La Lettura
“Ardone creates characters who speak to everyone’s soul and who live at the center of major events—not, as is often the case, in the narrow confines of memories.” —La Repubblica
Vita spends her days in silence, accompanied by Irina, a housekeeper who has learned Italian by reading Dante, and by Orietta, the name she has given to her depression.
But one morning, Kostya, Irina’s grandson—a ten-year-old boy who has crossed Europe fleeing the war in Ukraine—appears at her door. From that moment on, everything changes: these two women must confront their own past as they embark on a journey in which solidarity emerges as a form of resistance to pain.
In restrained prose, Viola Ardone crafts a moving novel about what happens in our lives when the unthinkable bursts in—a story about mothers and children, about the fictions that sustain us, about care as a common language, and about those unexpected encounters that have the power to reorder a broken world.
El fenómeno literario en Italia que ha conquistado a cientos de miles de lectores.
«La maravillosa historia de dos mujeres sostenidas por un niño». —YoDonna
«Una parábola sobre la fuerza prodigiosa e inextinguible de lo verdaderamente humano». —La Lettura
«Ardone construye personajes que hablan al alma de cualquiera y que viven en el centro de los grandes acontecimientos y no, como ocurre a menudo, en el pequeño ombligo de los recuerdos». —La Repubblica
Vita transcurre los días en silencio, acompañada de Irina, una empleada doméstica que ha aprendido italiano leyendo a Dante, y por Orietta, el nombre que le ha dado a su depresión.
Pero una mañana aparece en su puerta Kostya, el nieto de Irina, un niño de diez años que ha cruzado Europa huyendo de la guerra de Ucrania. Desde ese momento, todo cambia: estas dos mujeres deberán enfrentarse a su propia historia recorriendo un camino en el que la solidaridad se abre paso como una forma de resistencia al dolor.
En una prosa contenida, Viola Ardone construye una novela conmovedora sobre lo que sucede en nuestras vidas cuando irrumpe lo impensable, una historia sobre madres e hijos, sobre las ficciones que nos sostienen, sobre el cuidado como lenguaje común y sobre esos encuentros inesperados que tienen la capacidad de reordenar un mundo roto.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
A novel about the power of human connection amid loneliness.
The literary phenomenon in Italy that has captivated hundreds of thousands of readers.
“The wonderful story of two women held together by a child.” —YoDonna
“A parable about the prodigious and inexhaustible strength of what is truly human.” —La Lettura
“Ardone creates characters who speak to everyone’s soul and who live at the center of major events—not, as is often the case, in the narrow confines of memories.” —La Repubblica
Vita spends her days in silence, accompanied by Irina, a housekeeper who has learned Italian by reading Dante, and by Orietta, the name she has given to her depression.
But one morning, Kostya, Irina’s grandson—a ten-year-old boy who has crossed Europe fleeing the war in Ukraine—appears at her door. From that moment on, everything changes: these two women must confront their own past as they embark on a journey in which solidarity emerges as a form of resistance to pain.
In restrained prose, Viola Ardone crafts a moving novel about what happens in our lives when the unthinkable bursts in—a story about mothers and children, about the fictions that sustain us, about care as a common language, and about those unexpected encounters that have the power to reorder a broken world.
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