Mimmo Parisi
Il figlio del drago

THE REVIEW

For some months now available on Mondadori store and other sites, Mimmo Parisi tackles with this novel the trending themes, unfortunately, even in what is hopefully defined as the time span that lies ahead, the third millennium. The previously mentioned 'unfortunately' refers to themes such as dead-end immigration, disappointing democracy, and deficient egalitarianism. Anyway, in broad strokes, here is the narrative and thematic path of the book.

Passo del Lupo is a socially advanced village.

All the citizens, in the name of true democracy, participate in the executive roles. Paradoxically, the economic and social security cannot make the inhabitants happy. One day, a person arrives at the small station. Following the book, it is revealed that before the arrival of Vlad Tepes, there were no murder victims. The local marshal thinks they are victims of a vampire.

When Vlad is cornered, he flees by flying: he didn’t even know he was capable of it. Likewise, the inhabitants of the small but progressive center did not suspect they were, despite their modernism, still mentally medieval. And believing in vampires. “Il figlio del Drago” therefore, as a metaphor for a modern society(?). Mimmo Parisi's vision in this latest book leads straight to a society that, between cell phones that can do everything and bills that keep knocking, fails to find the keystone for a new collective project.