Italian. Perev-Reverte A.

“I dreamed of writing this unthinkable and completely genuine story since her father told me in childhood,” says Arturo Perevo-Reverte about the novel “Italian”, which in the author’s homeland of several thousand copies of the author. The real story of the Italian battle swimmers who sunk fourteen British ships-the story of the triumph of individuals over a powerful military machine, contrary to all probabilities, was told differently for many years: the Italians were traditionally depicted with stupid panties, and Perevo-Reverte wanted to restore justice.

Italy was an ally of Germany in the Second World War, but this does not bother him: “In my novels, the border between the hero and the villain is always arbitrary. My characters could be on any side. Heroes are always ambiguous. And who does not understand this, let him roll to the devil. ” Arturo Perevo-Reverte is a former military journalist, the famous author of the brilliant historical, military, adventure novels translated into forty languages, the creator of the cycle about captain Diego Alatrist, the owner of the most prestigious literary awards.

“Italian” - the story of personal valor: the courage of Italian divers who conducted daring operations on Gibraltar, and the courage of one Spanish woman, the mistress of the bookstore, who recognized the heroes in these people in the classic, book sense of the word, wanted Fight with them and turned into modern Navsikai for Ulysses, who came out of the darkness of the waters. Here is a dizzying military thriller, the anthem of the Mediterranean, an incredible love story and fearlessness in the face of hopeless circumstances, a novel about heroism on any side of the front line.