Villeggendo arrives at the Castle of Valbona: Thursday, July 9 Enrico Galliano presents “The heart doesn't go to sleep”.
There is an age when everything burns, especially love. And there is another age when even love seems to be a mistake. But no matter how much you try to hide or run away from yourself, your heart will not be deceived. The heart sometimes falls silent, but it never goes to sleep. Sasha is sixteen, has a restless soul, and a secret. When the substitute teacher arrives – the strange one who only talks about art – for the first time she feels truly seen. With him, she builds an intimate language that allows her to express what she couldn’t say before. They end up falling in love. But the professor knows they cannot allow themselves this feeling. She, however, doesn’t understand. Alessandra is over forty and has a life that seems uneventful: a husband, a daughter, new flooring, a good job. One day she is called to evaluate a mural by a very famous artist whose identity is unknown and who has been missing for a long time. In front of the mural, something inside her breaks. A voice she thought she had buried has returned, and she cannot ignore it any longer. Sasha and Alessandra do not yet know it, but soon they will meet where a crack opens for both of them. In his most touching novel, Enrico Galiano reminds us that love never asks for permission. That it scares us precisely because it reveals us. The stronger it is, the less we can look it in the eyes.
