Author

Tonino Bettanini is engaged in some cultural projects (The Abbeys of Europe, Jubilee 2025, the recovery of Genoa fortifications). Professor of Science of Communication at the University La Sapienza in Rom, he has been special advisor and spokesperson to outstanding Italian Ministers (Justice, Foreign Affairs, Culture) and to the vice President of the European Commission. He is author of several books, essays and novels, including the latest from which this excerpt is taken.