Ein Tag wird kommen

In the forest, it is warm and dark as Nicola, trembling, aims the rifle at his beloved brother Lupo. He asks for forgiveness, then he shoots. World War I has reached Serra de’ Conti, a village in the Italian Marche. In this place of the destitute, the individual only matters when he works; no farmer owns the land he cultivates. In the family of baker Ceresa, hardly any child survives; soon only two sons are left, as different as they are inseparable: Nicola, the frail boy with the prince's face, and the rebellious Lupo, who joins the anarchists at an early age. Tirelessly, Lupo protects his fearful brother, fighting against the injustice of the powerful and the fairy tales of the church. Yet between the brothers lies a lie, hidden behind the walls of a convent. In powerful images of stark beauty, Giulia Caminito tells the story of Italy from below: from Malatesta's anarchists, World War I, and the Spanish flu to the rise of Mussolini – a novel about the unwavering belief in a better future.