The Marquis Mirko

Book excerpt: The correct key to reading my simple story is the heart. Try to close your eyes, after reading what you consider is enough to satisfy your curiosity, and you will perceive noise in an undefined time, but very far; the smell of baked bread and lentils soup with chickpeas will reawaken in you the taste , the smell of dust will flood your nostrils, the winter cold within the huge buildings will blush your ears and, this will be just the beginning...