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Cover of the original edition of Aggiustare l’universo

Aggiustare l’universo

“Fixing the Universe” (title translated by AI)

Raffaella Romagnolo (born 1971)

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October 1945: the first school year of liberated Italy starts late. The teacher Gilla, who fought in the Resistance and came to the village of Borgo di Dentro to escape the bombs falling on her Genoa, looks anxiously at walls that housed Nazis only weeks before. Her twenty-three fifth-year pupils are reason enough to keep sadness at bay, but one front-row seat stays empty until a girl arrives with a note from the director. Her name is Francesca, she comes from the nearby orphanage, she is diligent and well prepared, but she does not speak. Behind her silence lies a family secret from the years of the war and the persecution of the Jews.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Length
362 pages in the original
Genres
Historical, War (assigned by AI)
Set in
Italy, 1945
First published
2023 by Mondadori
Author's age
52 when first published
ISBN

9788804761495 (original)