Paris tells one of its thousand stories. For the Italian author, the entire city revolves around Montmartre, which he considers the beating heart of French life, culture, and traditions. For Enzo Marzano, love, pain, and pleasure intertwine in this marvelous neighborhood, where everyone witnesses everyone else's. The novel recounts life in a small, old building in Montmartre, the stage for stories of life and madness. The narrative thread is the story of a modest family: to access a small gift that life, by a twist of fate, has bestowed upon them, they must resolve logistical problems related to the husband's elderly mother. Driven by this urgency, they are forced to meet and converse with a character they might have been better off never encountering. In the end, the humdrum of life throws them back into their building where, nevertheless, everything has changed in their absence.
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