A fiction book
This book tells the story of Marco Carrera, an ophthalmologist, Marina's husband, and Adele's father.
The book tells the story of Marco's family, from his parents two generations forward.
The work is narrated in the third person and does not follow a chronological order. The book contains scenes from the 1960s, from childhood, to the 2020s.
Almost all the characters are memorable, but each has a reason for existing.
All the women in the story undergo therapy.
More specifically, they undergo psychoanalysis.
All the women (mother, sister, wife, daughter, etc.) in Marco's life undergo psychoanalysis.
I'm afraid to give any more details about the story or give spoilers.
So, from now on, read this review at your own risk, okay?
Marco had an older sister, Irene, who drowned.
From the beginning of the book, the reader is already suspicious. Drowned how? Strange…
Marco has a brother, Giacomo, who moved to the United States and completely ignores Marco…
This book makes us question betrayal.
What's worse: physical or emotional betrayal? Does emotional betrayal (not opening up emotionally to your partner but opening up to someone else) constitute betrayal?
Is it more or less serious?
The characters' psychological development is so well-constructed that you understand WHY each of them is the way they are.
You understand the behavior of Adele, the couple's daughter. She reminds me of the couple's daughter in Philip Roth's American Pastoral.
It should be common knowledge - but it isn't - that the fate of interpersonal relationships is decided at the beginning, once and for all, always, and that to know in advance how things will end, all you have to do is look at how they began.