What do we know about our parents -- their true ideals, beliefs, and dreams?How can we be certain? Shortly after his father s death, Gianni Orzan reaches the disturbing conclusion that his father did not love him. Aloof and dismissive, Maurizio Orzan seldom had anything to say to his son. Moreover, he was a staunch fascist. Or so Gianni thought. Then comes the day he s contacted by a complete stranger who has a disquieting familiarity with his life. In what amounts to kidnapping, the stranger pursues an urgent mission: to convince Gianni that the father he knew was an illusion; that Maurizio was, in fact, a double agent for the KGB. What is Gianni to believe? If this stranger s revelations are true, they threaten to destroy Gianni s steadfast beliefs about his father s shameful, self-created identity and promise to send his life crashing down around him. Narrated with deft wit and subtle reflection, The Force of the Past -- winner of Italy s Viareggio-Repaci Prize and the Premio Campiello and a finalist for the Zerilli-Marimò prize -- is an insightful look at how one son tries to comprehend his father s mysterious complexities, as well as a provocative, ironic examination of how men construct their own subjective versions of reality.
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