The Son of Man - Jean-Baptiste Del Amo The name Dessaintes is one

The name Dessaintes is one to reckon with

and completely original

containing eight pieces of contemporary fiction in the original Italian and in English translation

Translator: Leah Janeczko

And their presence changes the course of life in this small Sicilian town

The Son of Man - Jean-Baptiste Del Amo The name Dessaintes is oneAfter several years of absence, a man reappears in the life of a woman and their young son. Intent on being a family again, he drives them to Les Roches, a dilapidated house in the mountains, where the man grew up with his own ruthless father. While the mother watches the passing days with apprehension, the son discovers the enchantment of nature, savage and bewitching. As the fathers hold over them intensifies, the return to their previous life and