The Italian

"Nothing betrays, after so long, the woman who has been living alone by the sea for two years, with a dog and a few books. Nothing else, she decides, can be the urge, or desire, to remain forever in this man's arms. She does not know what she will think in a few hours, when the light of day will completely clear her mind and illuminate her consciousness more brightly. What is certain is that at this moment, without any doubt, he would like to die, if he died."
The Italian tells a fascinating story based on real events, on the fringes of History. Between 1942 and 1943, during World War II, Italian combat divers sank or damaged fourteen Allied ships in Gibraltar and Algeciras Bay. Twenty-seven-year-old Elena Arbues, owner of a bookstore in the small town of La Linea, finds one morning as she walks along the beach a man unconscious on the sand. This is one of those divers, Teseo Lombardo. She rushes to help him, unaware that this spontaneous decision will change her life forever.
A shocking story about love, the sea and war.

"I love Arturo Perez-Reverte, he reminds me of Alexandre Dumas and Emilio Salgari." Umberto Eco
“A wonderful blend of strong love story and war story. And what a war story!” El País

Translation: Titina Sperelaki

Pages: 480
Height (cm) & Width (cm): 21 X 14