The crane flies south - Lisa Rdzyn

Through a slow contemplation, simple but effective, of the meanings of love, affection, care, and closeness to death, Lisa Ridzine takes us in her first novel, which documents the most delicate details in the autumn of an elderly man, frail with age, with all that this means for his soul burdened by the weakness of his failing body, to tell us about what extends within us between what we say and what we do not say to our loved ones and the closest beings to us; that hidden from thoughts and anxieties, which finds no way to express or confide; that secret of feelings that flood us with love, fear, anger, and pain, which we sometimes do not allow ourselves to show and sometimes cannot release. The story of "Bo," as he narrates it himself to "Federica," his lifelong companion; between what he experiences in his ninety-summer and what he recalls through his memories and dreams, will captivate your heart because it is "a delicate, moving, and thought-provoking story that will enter your heart immediately," according to the explanation that awarded it the Book of the Year prize in Sweden, and because it is "a novel that can touch any heart," as described by the British newspaper The Guardian. The number of pages is 410.