The Innocent Days of War

“[A] dreamy, elegiac novel…Fortunato’s real strength is in alternating between focusing in closely on the emotional struggles and longings of his many characters and zooming out to consider the progress of the war in Europe and Africa as a whole.” —Booklist

Praise for Mario Fortunato:

“As I read Fortunato’s writing, I have the impression of being faced with that kind of writer, rare in Italian literature, who, despite starting from a poetic state of mind, nevertheless manages to be a storyteller.” —Alberto Moravia

“Mario Fortunato is a natural storyteller.” —Doris Lessing