On the hot dusty area of hamlet in Apulia there are two monuments: one - in honour lost in First world war and other - in honour lost in Second world. On the first completely the last name of Пальмизано, and on the second - completely the last name of Конвертини. 44 men from two families, and all are dead. In the hamlet forgotten between olive groves and vineyards of South Italy, a pigeon pair was born. The First world made off Only-only. Fathers of children perished. But in family Витантонио perished not only his father, all men perished. And the born boy - last in to family. Children grow, war drops off gradually, goes away to the past, but not for all. A mother Витантонио is obsessed by aspiration to protect a son, protect him from the curse of death, that, seems, hangs over family. And for the sake of son she lies. Her lie will link Витантонио and Джованну, born with him in one day. And on horizon gather already clouds of new war that threatens to separate them. Enormous international best seller, staggering and heart-rending history about the fate of tiny village on the top of hill in Italy during two world wars.A book contains an unprintable bad language.