by Dacia Maraini · Rizzoli · tapa dura · ISBN 9788817021661
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In 'The train of the last night' by Dacia Maraini, Emanuele, a rebellious and lively child, dreams of flying. But all that remains of him is a handful of letters and a notebook hidden in the Lodz ghetto. Amara, his childhood friend, embarks on a train journey through Europe in 1956 to find his trail. In her search, Amara visits devastated places like Auschwitz-Birkenau, walks the streets of Vienna, and arrives in Budapest during the Hungarian revolution. Through her adventure and the destinies of those she meets, the sense of the catastrophe of the 20th century and the hope of a different world are revealed.
Dacia Maraini is an Italian writer. Maraini's work focuses on women's issues, and she has written numerous plays and novels. She has won awards for her work, including the Formentor Prize for L'età del malessere (1963); the Fregene Prize for Isolina (1985); the Premio Campiello and Book of the Year Award for La lunga vita di Marianna Ucrìa (1990); and the Premio Strega for Buio (1999). In 2013, Irish Braschi's biographical documentary I Was Born Travelling told the story of her life, focusing in particular on her imprisonment in a concentration camp in Japan during World War II and the journeys she made around the world with her partner Alberto Moravia and close friends Pier Paolo Pasolini and Maria Callas.
