The third part of the Neapolitan quartet, already called “the best literary epic of our time,” takes place in the late 1960s and 1970s. The story of the friendship between Lenu Greco and Lila Cerullo continues against a turbulent historical background: student protests, street clashes, a growing trade union movement... After separating from her husband, Lila moved with her little son to a new housing area and works in a sausage factory. Lenu left Naples, graduated from an elite college, published a book, and is preparing to get married and become a member of an influential family. Life separates them further and further, they become for each other only voices on the other end of the line. Will their relationship withstand the test of change?