In “Who says and who is silent”, Chiara Valerio explores the complexity of human relationships and the mystery that surrounds the unexpected death of Vittoria, the woman with disarming fatalism and a nebulous past. Set in Scauri, a small village suspended between the everyday life of Lazio and the liveliness of the Tyrrhenian summers, the novel unfolds between the normality of a place that transforms with the seasons and the singular charm of its female figures.
Lea Russo, lawyer and mother, is captured by the enigma of Vittoria, an enigmatic woman whose life and death unravel like a difficult thread to follow. Vittoria’s death, apparently a tragic accident in the tranquility of her own home, raises doubts and suspicions that lead Lea on a journey full of questions and the search for the truth.
The novel stands out for being at the same time a social portrait, a psychological noir and a story of women who evolve and change, challenging the static nature of provincial life. Valerio masterfully weaves together the lives of his characters, drawing a plot where nothing is as it seems and everything can be questioned.
“He who says and he who is silent” moves nimbly between emotions and memories, between the needs of those who speak and the omissions of those who are silent. Nominated for the 2024 Strega prize, this book is an immersion in a sea of uncontainable emotions, where the desire for knowledge clashes with the need to keep one’s secrets. Chiara Valerio gives us a story where the past resonates in the present and where every revelation could be the key to understanding tomorrow.
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