A very Emilian character, a contrarian, combative and Cavriaghino, but with insights and a devotion to ideals that were quite universal. Caliceti recalls when Ferrari had bought a Polaroid and photographed the children as they left school in order to weigh their schoolbags. And how he insisted on sending the kids to Mathausen. But does Lenin's bust speak in the book? "The caretaker hears it speak once, like Don Camillo's crucifix. Lenin says to him: 'Excuse me, Bruno, Catholics hear the voice of God and are not considered crazy, don't you want to hear the voice of Lenin?'"

What does it mean to want to preserve Lenin's bust?

"It's not just a nostalgic idea, but it means affirming that theirs was a very different kind of civic experience from that of Russia. In the final scene of the novel, which refers to a real party, on December 31, 1991, when the red flag was lowered at the Kremlin, in Cavriago they raised it up to the sky." dice: