I will stay here, authored by Marco Balzano

When war reaches the doorstep of a place, or a flood occurs, the inhabitants flee. At least that's what most people do; but not Trina. In 1939, a poetic mountain village in South Tyrol, Italy, faces its toughest challenge, as Mussolini's fascist government offers the German-speaking residents the choice between emigrating to Germany or remaining in Italy as second-class citizens. Teacher Trina, along with her husband Erich, chooses her village and her home. When the fascists prevent her from working, she continues secretly teaching children in basements and barns. And when the government decides to build a dam that will flood homes and fields, Trina resists with all she has. A warm and intense novel, not only presenting us with the history of a small community facing a major catastrophe, but also, masterfully, depicting the character of an ordinary woman who bravely and steadfastly resisted the forces of evil that controlled the fate of the world. Marco Balzano works in Milan as a teacher and lecturer. His works have won many prestigious literary awards. His fourth novel, "I Will Stay Here," topped the bestseller lists, received more than ten major awards, and was translated into several languages. It is the first novel published for the author in Arabic, with a beautiful translation by Amani Fawzi Habbash that preserved the spirit of the original text. Number of pages: 256