The sea has transformed into a vast common grave, a watery theater of an endless tragedy of shipwrecks, a hell of violence, a distorting mirror through which the ghosts of those who hoped for the salvation of escape have passed. An escape that they paid for with the selling off of their possessions and abuse, with the icy cry of mothers and the silent sobs of small children who cannot decode the horror they are witnessing.
How quickly, indeed, is it acceptable for one to read the slow pace of the sacred representation of the exodus of tortured people, betrayed by history, sold out by questionable and selfish politics? In Vigata, Montalbano has taken on the safe disembarkation, the provision of first aid to refugees, and the unmasking of traffickers. He is assisted by the whole department, various volunteers, and two translators of the Arabic language.
The reader moves at a slow pace. They do not realize that a mysterious case is unfolding within the pages. Even Montalbano is taken by surprise. He suddenly finds himself with a tangled "ball of yarn" in hand, interacting with the dreams he has during those difficult days in which disheveled cats ready to pounce and others that play carefreely, unraveling the thread of a ball of yarn...
Manufacturer
Specifications
- Author
- Andrea Camilleri
- Publisher
- Patakis
- Publishers
- Patakis
- Type
- Crime
- Subtitle
- A case for Inspector Montalbano
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 352
- Release Date
- 2/2019
- Publication Date
- 2019
- Dimensions
- 12x17 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9789601680927
Additional Specifications
- Series
- Inspector Montalbano
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