Thursday 27 June at 6.30 pm new appointment with the summer literary review of Librerie.Coop Modena Duomo “A Great Library in the Square”, in the space in front of the bookshop in Piazza Grande: the protagonist is the author Ludovico Tersigni for the presentation of the book “Let’s see each other beyond the ‘horizon’, published by Rizzoli, in dialogue with Adriana Barbolini.
The book
When life calls, the heart responds. It is impossible, however, to heed this call when you are bottled up in an existence that is too frenetic, an existence like that of Lorenzo, who sacrificed friendships and passions by giving body and soul to the London of high finance. Not without effort, he managed to find the right wave and ride it. And now, here he is: young and brilliant, a polished war machine fueled by adrenaline and ambition. But the fuel runs out. Lorenzo falls and drowns in that wave that previously held him up. He has endured too much, and now he is broken. His boss decides to send him away for a while, giving him a leave of absence for a few months: the engine must cool down so that the car can start again with more force.
And so, Lorenzo takes refuge in Fuerteventura – a safe haven, an island of passage for anyone who wants to seek new horizons. He dives into its cold waters accompanied by the surfboard until, finally, he begins to hear it in the distance: it’s him, it’s the call of life. Maybe, somewhere, there is a wave waiting for him. He searches for her on the island, then in La Palma and Costa Rica, on a journey destined to continue. Every place welcomes him and transforms him, giving him an ever different version of himself: the world becomes a labyrinth of mirrors in which each reflection hides a new possibility. What to do? Chasing success and security? Or wander, still go forward, through what he doesn’t know?
Neither friends scattered around the world, nor the tender melancholy of Buenos Aires and the roar of New York can answer these questions. Lorenzo is forced to follow his instinct: only in India, sitting on the floor of the Yoga school, does he breathe again. He exhales, inhales and realizes that that mythical wave, perhaps, was precisely the loss of himself from which he was running away. In finding himself happily shipwrecked on each new island, a bit like Ulysses, Lorenzo still tries to understand what “Ithaca” means to him. Who knows if that happiness, then, is not kept in moments, hidden behind a final, imperceptible horizon.
The author
Ludovico Tersigni, born in Rome on 8 August 1995 but raised in the province, attended classical high school before returning to his hometown. His acting career has taken him to the big and small screen since his debut in Arance e Martello, in 2014, Everything can happen, Slam, Summer Wear, SKAM Italia and the hosting of XFactor 2021. He has exhibited as a sculptor at the Rome Art Week 2023. He is passionate about music, art and literature. This is his first novel.
