The Ocean in the Well
by Nino Famà
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Pub Date May 01 2021 | Archive Date Feb 24 2021
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Description
Stefano falls madly in love with Milena, leaves the seminary and his religious vocation, mesmerized by the beauty and the charm of the girl. But, as often happens in life, reality does not follow the schemes designed by humans: fate, perfidy and destiny, hinder the path established by the two lovers. The people of the town, who had seen the vocation of the young man as a collective good, receive the news of Stefano abandoning the seminary with disappointment and dismay. To escape the hostility, Stefano leaves for America with a promise to come back in a year, when he and Milena would get married and then both would go back to America together. However, once in New York Stefano faces loneliness, hard work, and the criminal underworld.
Advance Praise
The Ocean in the Well narrates the sense of love in all its facets: love for God, love for a woman, for a mother and love for one’s own land. The novel conveys the nostalgia of those who have suffered the drama of emigration and the desperate need to maintain their roots in order to preserve their identity.
—Silvana Gallucci
The Ocean in the Well deals with the struggle between good and evil which requires considerable mental energy to resist … Only at the end does Stefano understand the revolutionary force of charity, which allows him to become a new man.
—Gino Trapani
[A] novel that relates the mad love of a seminarian for a woman, but at the same time explores themes that mark the life of the ghetto, American politics and the great Italian emigration exodus after the Second World War.
—24live.it
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781771836401 |
| PRICE | $19.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 208 |
