A Senhora dos Açores

“A Senhora dos Açores” brings us the story of a distant land, where a world of myths and ghosts, poverty and loneliness, serve as a backdrop to the great migration towards the continent and civilization industrialized. Here, surrounded by ocean on this island, there remains only the certainty of the old feelings, the substance of memories, silence and the company of nature. The protagonist comes into contact with this unpredictable community through meeting with its people, the stories and the very magic of the place. And, almost without realizing it, just by forgetting herself, coming into that timeless dimension where magic and sorrows of life communicate and unite. Roman Petri with this novel, reaffirms the uniqueness of his writing in the context of contemporary Italian narrative, revealing a fantastic and exceptional world.