A Silence Shared

<p>Forced back to her remote hometown by the war Giulia is immediately drawn to a couple in a similar situation: graceful spontaneous Ada and her husband Paolo a sickly teacher and partisan in hiding. Joined from Turin by Giulia's husband Stefano the two couples form an intense bond; as the Germans begin to occupy Italy a subtle dance of attractions begins intensified by their shared isolation and the muffled hum of threat over a long hard winter.<br><br>In prose of subtle enigmatic atmospheres and acutely precise images Lalla Romano evokes both the tension and the stillness of life in occupied Italy. Translated into English for the first time <i>A Silence Shared</i> is a captivating classic novel that inhabits the silent spaces between historic events depicting the mysterious luminosity of human relationships in extraordinary circumstances.</p>