Strix sive. Ars moriendi

An enlightened and educated priest awaits the end of his earthly days in the ancient quietness of the country around the river. All around him are his commoners, naive and superstitious; in his mind is Costanza, the love of his life. But it’s here, from this ostensible timeless heaven that Dionysus will erupt; with the passing of the seasons, he will lead everyone to look into the abyss of light where life meets death.
“The devil gives no rest, except to himself”.
This novel «captivated me with its rural atmospheres, suspended between the primal and the magical, with that sense of ancient obsession that animates the narrative» (Pupi Avati).
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