The Light in Between

Everyone would like to write a book like this. -- Marella Caracciolo creates a rich and documented, clear and captivating fresco. --SIMONE GAMBACORTA Abruzzo Cultura

An intense story - not an affair. --STELLA CERVASIO La Reppubblica

Fascinating view of the late 1800s to the early 1900s Italy. MAURO DEL BIANCO Il mestiere di leggere -- It is not only the story of a short and intense love, but also a portrait of an age and a world. BitCulturali.it -- Caracciolo's words manage to completely transmit the emotions of this reunion (between Umberto Boccioni and Vittoria Colonna). --Il Quotidiano

An intense story - not an affair. --STELLA CERVASIO La Reppubblica

Fascinating view of the late 1800s to the early 1900s Italy. MAURO DEL BIANCO Il mestiere di leggere -- It is not only the story of a short and intense love, but also a portrait of an age and a world. BitCulturali.it -- Caracciolo's words manage to completely transmit the emotions of this reunion (between Umberto Boccioni and Vittoria Colonna). --Il Quotidiano

An intense story - not an affair. --STELLA CERVASIO La Reppubblica

Fascinating view of the late 1800s to the early 1900s Italy. MAURO DEL BIANCO Il mestiere di leggere -- It is not only the story of a short and intense love, but also a portrait of an age and a world. BitCulturali.it -- Caracciolo's words manage to completely transmit the emotions of this reunion (between Umberto Boccioni and Vittoria Colonna). --Il Quotidiano

This is the story of the tragically short-lived affair between the married Italian Princess Vittoria Colonna and the major Futurist painter Umberto Boccioni, who fell passionately in love during the First World War. They met in June 1916, and their relationship was as intense as it was brief: only weeks later, Boccioni died during a cavalry training excercise, the last letter from Vittoria in his pocket. Their fascinating correspondence - rediscovered after almost a century - is all that remains of the passionate love between a restless noblewoman and a tormented painter. Through their letters, Chia not only tells the timeless story of a great love, but also fashions a compelling portrait of a remote world and time.