Naples, 1946. Bato reCommunist reItaly rinokwanisa kuendesa vana zviuru makumi manomwe kuitira kuti vagare kwenguva pfupi nemhuri dzekuchamhembe uye vagosangana nehupenyu hwakasiyana kure nenhamo yakavakomberedza. Little Amerigo anomanikidzwa kusiya nharaunda yake uye anokwira chitima nevamwe vana vanobva kumaodzanyemba.
Nekutarisa kwakasimba kwemukomana wemumugwagwa, Amerigo anotinyudza muItaly inofadza iyo inomuka zvakare munguva yepashure pehondo uye inotipa nyaya inofamba yekuparadzana, yemarwadzo anoratidza moto, panguva imwe chete iyo inotimanikidza. fungisisa. , nekunaka uye nekugona, pazvisarudzo zvinopedzisira zvaita kuti tive zvatiri.
Viola Ardone akanyora rimwe remanovhero akatanhamara emakore achangopfuura: akanyengedza mazana ezviuru zvevaverengi nevatsoropodzi, akatorwa moyo nenyaya isina kujairika, yechokwadi uye yepasirese inorangarira yeavo emazita makuru akadai saElsa Morante kana Elena Ferrante. Kufemerwa nezviitiko chaizvo, kusimba kweiyi network yekubatana munguva dzakaoma kwakaita kuti bhuku iri rivewo chiitiko chepasi rose munyika makumi maviri neshanu.
Iwe unogona ikozvino kutenga chinyorwa "Chitima Chevana", naViola Ardone: