Malta. Nowadays. Mirko, a young thief specialized in pilfering in the Hospitals, lives in Marsa since he was born, close to the sea and in the magnificent scenery of the Maltese archipelago. Son of a prostitute, that, dying has left him her house, over the years he has seen his neighborhood become populated entirely with black non-EU citizens. They are his family. But something is about to change. During the attempt to steal a necklace in one of the Hospitals that Mirko habitually frequents, the girl who wears it around the neck wakes up and smiles at him. This simple gesture displaces the boy, that justifies his presence there as nephew of an unconscious old woman hospitalized in the same room. Very soon, however, this girl waiting for a heart transplant and her illness will become Mirko’s obsession: it is the beginning of a journey, both real and spiritual, between…View original post 426 more words
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