The Sassari-born author recounts a cultured and lively 19th-century Sardinia, giving voice to a long-kept secret.

" But time is never silent. It's up to us to rediscover how to listen to it. "
This story shakes time, which is never silent, mixing rites, legends and secrets hidden for too long.
Maria Laura Berlinguer has been in bookstores since September 2nd with The Supper of Souls , published by HarperCollins .
With a delicate touch, we twirl through a double temporal journey: 1899 and 2022, in the days preceding All Saints' Eve, where the most deeply rooted customs survive if, with courage, they choose to dialogue with the present.

Interweaving
In Padria, everything breathes: a village perched on three hills, with the sweet scent of vegetation.
Iride Dessì returns to her family home following a bereavement and, from within the walls of the house, she will listen to the unrevealed mysteries, reviving the past and revitalizing her identity. On this journey through time, Tata holds her hand, welcoming her.
and wise.
The timelines intersect between the pages of memories and, backward, we find Mimì Oppes Dessì, mother of Iride's great-grandmother, then Elisabeth Hope, English, with a bold modernity. Tata's ancient counterpart, Maria
Tanda brings with him ancient knowledge and all-revealing remedies.
In a whirlwind of emotions and torment, the novel tells of women, of passion and resistance, of death as a journey in which the souls of loved ones continue to exist.

Sardinia
A rich novel, in which Sardinia embodies the beauty of mystery, like the prima donna of prose theater. The vision, far removed from the rhetoric of rurality, is striking: a vibrant island in the 19th century, cultured and curious, capable of engaging beyond its borders. A Sardinia that, without retreating, discusses archaeology, science, fashion, and
He speaks of the wisdom of the roots, which must be listened to.
Every important moment is shared in the kitchens, where the hands of yesterday and today move quickly and, with aprons imbued with mastery, doughs, cooking and leavening are brought to the table to give history its aroma.
familiar breads, steaming soups, traditional sweets.

Connection
The novel's main characters are stubborn women who express the power of the female bond—pure, instantaneous, sensitive, and life-saving. The men in the story are overwhelmed by the explosive sensations born from encounters with women.
protagonists: themselves victims of the cage of the past and whose rise or fall is human fragility.
The figures in the work evolve to the rhythm of the plot, helping to make it full of moving reflections, because they are whispered by the spiritual voice of memory, sheet after sheet, awaiting Sa chena pro sos mortos .

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