Two women far apart in time, a mysterious unsellable mansion in Milan that connects them two lives that start to overlap as impossible parallels are revealed in this story of passion, betrayal, and selfish desire.In the round house on Via Saterna, its Palladian square exterior nothing but a trompeloeil, the sun pierces through the central skylight. Its rays pass three floors unobstructed, before reaching the circle below at the heart of the house four fingers of water filling a little silver basin. It is here that young Lidia dies, setting an end to her clandestine love affair with the ambitious architect. It is this house that realestate agent Irene is asked to sell, decades later, as the climate catastrophe escalates, cloaking the divided city in a permanent orange haze. Returning to her native Milan for the sale, Irene feels the brunt of her fathers judgement. He is a proud Italian and prouder architecthow could his own daughter make a living selling cultural patrimony to the highest foreign bidder? As she faces this new Milan and the old family tensions she had avoided while living in Rome, Irene throws herself into the impossible sale, getting to know Via Saterna intimatelythis space that is as unsettling as it is hostile, with the slowly emerging traces of Lidias interrupted life. In every room of the house, the burden of a mysterious, unresolved past can be felt, remnants of a selfish and manipulative love. The Perfect Circle tackles themes like time, death, and...

Binding: Paperback;242 pages; Publisher: World Editions NY LLC; Classification: FYT; Weight: 364.94 g; Dimensions: 203 x 127

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