In volo sopra l’oceano | Matteo Porru ad Alghero con il suo novo libro

On Saturday 1 February Matteo Porru will be in Alghero, guest of the Cyrano bookshop to present his new book “Il volo sopra l'oceano”, coming out for Garzanti.m. Raffaele Sari will be in conversation with him.

The Book: If the eternal has a color, it is a tone of blue. This is what Michele thinks as the plane searches for the sky and rises. He has light luggage with him, but it is actually the heaviest he has ever carried. Because in that one-way ticket there is everything that led him there. He's afraid of flying, but someone told him that air twists like life and that twisting doesn't make it worse. It's just an abrupt and unexpected interval. So he looks around and notices a boy on the next seat. His name is Jonathan and the headphones he wants to hide behind are broken. For two hundred and sixty minutes all that remains is to chat. An old man and a young man. What will they ever have to say to each other? Jonathan has a lot to ask, especially because adults are convinced that, in their time, everything was better and that kids have nothing interesting to say. Michele knows how to listen. After all, he too was a lonely child, forced to fly with his imagination to deceive reality due to the absence of his father and his mother's nostalgic nature. There is something, however, that Michele would like to reveal. The secret that got him on that plane. A secret that smells of a meeting many years ago. And perhaps to really love each other you don't necessarily need to be close, but just think about each other. Michele thought about that moment all his life. Because the point is not to go. The question is how you get there.

Matteo Porru conquered the press and Europe with Pain Creates Winter, translated into several countries and winner of international awards. Even television has noticed his talent and he is often a guest on the most important programmes. Now he returns to his readers with an intense story about hopes and illusions. Flying over the ocean can open new horizons or unlock old desires.