Malinverno. Dara D.

There are places where the words of novels and poems sound from everywhere, and the names of the inhabitants suggest the heroes of world literature. The city of Timpamara has become such a place since the paper factory was built many years ago.

In the 1960s, a nameless grave was found in the city cemetery, the secret of which is destined to reveal the Librarian and Guardian of the cemetery of Astolfo Malinverno. As a medieval monk from Roman Umberto Eco, Malinero is passionate about the stories and secrets of the Universe. A lover of books with a vivid imagination, Astolpho mixes the plots of novels with the fate of the Tympamarians - living and dead, but most of all he is intriguing the tombstone without a name and dates with a photograph of a woman. Over time, he decides to penetrate the secret of this face. Astolfo calls her Emma Ruo, as the heroine "Madame Bovari" by Flaubert. A few months later he finds a flower in front of the tombstone of Emma. What does it mean? Flowers continue to appear until a few weeks later Astolpho sees a woman leaving another flower, and, to the surprise of Astoltho, she is identical to the image of a mysterious Emma...