The Impossible

Author: Erri De Luca‎

"On a steep path, one man falls into the void and another man behind him warns him. But they are not strangers. They were comrades in the same revolutionary group forty years ago. An unlikely encounter, an impossible coincidence, especially for the judge who is trying to make the suspect confess to premeditated murder. Through the investigation and letters written by the accused to his beloved from inside prison, he tries to explain the feeling of freedom the moment he climbs a mountain where isolation does not prevent almost impossible coincidences. Gradually, the interrogation turns into a debate between a young judge and an old accused "from the most persecuted generation in Italian history," revealing a rich reflection on commitment, justice, friendship, and betrayal."