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Eva Sleeps

Eva Sleeps

Author(s): Francesca Melandri

Location(s): South Tyrol / Trentino Alto Adige

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): Mid 20th Century

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40-year-old Eva receives an unexpected message from Calabria, Italy. Vito is ill and would like to see her one more time. A retired police officer, he was stationed in South Tyrol during the 1960s, troubled years of tension and violence. Troubles that did not stop a young officer from falling in love with the wrong woman, the beautiful Gerda Huber, single mother and sister of a terrorist. Their affair was a passionate one, but what was the nature of their love? And if he loved her so profoundly, why did he return to Calabria? It’s time for Eva to find out.

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Author: tripfiction

I have been on a couple of summer walking holidays in Alto Adige / The South Tyrol. I have driven over the Brenner pass, admired the amazing scenery and I have enjoyed the brilliant...

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