The stories of Eugenio Montale are an integral part of the creative heritage of the famous Italian poet, Nobel laureate in 1975. The book, largely autobiographical, takes us to Italy at the beginning of the century, to the shameful times of fascism for the homeland of the Renaissance, and to the first post-war years. The author's voice is the voice of the interlocutor, sometimes soft, sad, ironic, sometimes hard, angry, sarcastic. A meeting with Montale the prose writer promises readers an exciting journey into a fantastic world where everything is true - even what seems fiction.