Publisher's Synopsis
During a flood, a landslide destroys the village of Antro and with it vanishes any possibility for Pietro to rebuild his past. While he is still digging among the rubble, dreams torment and guide him. He then returns to Antro and finds one last survivor: Antòni. He takes him home convinced that he can restore the past by recomposing his history and that of the town, and the stories begin to unfold. Antòni tells him about "the people" who have now disappeared from Antro. Dramatic and poetic stories, difficult to believe, because not everything he tells corresponds to what the survivors remember. Who is Antòni then? Is he lying when he says he talks to the ghosts of Antro? It's hard to say, but little by little his words seem to indicate a way of redemption for a guilty and innocent humanity.
"In that place where I was, greedily consuming happiness, any pain or discontent was cushioned by the liquid in which I was immersed, the bag that gently protected me. I didn't need to eat or drink. I was a bit of an angel myself, always satiated, devoid of needs." Claudio Piras Moreno was born in Lanusei in 1976. He is a writer, translator, poet and theatrical actor. He has worked in a wide variety of jobs and is currently a geological technician. Over the years he has collaborated with the theater company La Nuova Complesso Camerata of Bruno Venturi and Oreste Braghieri, with the director Pierangela Calzone and with various other companies. In 2011 he published Il crepuscolo dei gargoyle (fantasy), Il Signore dei sogni (philosophical novel) and in 2012 L'icore umano (collection of short stories). The story that gives the title to the collection won the second prize in the competition "Letters in the Air" in 2011. In 2013 he published Mare di ombre (collection of poems) and in 2014 Macerie, for which he had signed a representation contract with a major literary agent in 2012. In 2018 he published In fondo al mare la luna (novel of literature of the sea) and later translated several novels from Spanish to Italian: Zarco, Clemenzia and Tales of Winter; all three by Ignacio Manuel Altamirano. Finally, The Memoirs of Mamá Blanca by Teresa de la Parra. The author has also received special mentions and has been published in anthologies of contemporary poets. He has collaborated with various magazines and literary blogs: Addurudduru, Oubliette Magazine, Langheroeromonferrato, il Culturificio, Sardinia Fashion and many others. He has a strong interest in literature, philosophy and economics. For years he practiced karate and trekking. https: //www.instagram.com/claudiopirasmoreno/?hl=it
