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Nell'inverno del 1972, a New York, Nadia vive reclusa in una casa vuota, a fare i conti con la solitudine dopo un abbandono e con le difficoltà del suo mestiere di scrittrice. L'incontro di una sola notte con un giovane poeta cileno le cambierà la vita: lui decide di lasciarle in prestito i suoi mobili e di tornare in Cile, dove verrà inghiottito dalle carceri di Pinochet. A Nadia resta in eredità un'enorme scrivania, dotata di diciannove piccoli cassetti, uno dei quali impossibile da aprire. E quando dopo venticinque anni riceve la telefonata di quella che si presenta come la figlia del poeta, Nadia si rende conto di non volersi separare da qualcosa che è diventato parte integrante della sua identità. Si tratta, forse, della stessa scrivania su cui da sessant'anni un antiquario di Gerusalemme sta cercando di mettere le mani, nel tentativo di ricostruire pezzo dopo pezzo lo studio di suo padre, saccheggiato dai nazisti a Budapest in una notte del 1944. E per un periodo sembra essere appartenuta anche a un'altra scrittrice, Lotte Berg, fuggita a Londra dalla Germania nazista: solo alla fine della loro vita insieme il marito di Lotte, un professore universitario inglese, capisce di non aver mai conosciuto a fondo la donna che ha amato di un amore struggente, e che proprio in quei cassetti nascondeva un terribile segreto.
- ISBN: 8823521076
- Casa Editrice: Guanda
- Pagine: 342
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