The Ocean in the Well
Stefano falls madly in love with Milena, leaves the seminary and his religious vocation, mesmerized by the beauty and the charm of the girl. But, as often happens in life, reality does not follow the schemes designed by humans: fate, perfidy and destiny, hinder the path established by the two lovers. The people of the town, who had seen the vocation of the young man as a collective good, receive the news of Stefano abandoning the seminary with disappointment and dismay. To escape the hostility, Stefano leaves for America with a promise to come back in a year, when he and Milena would get married and then both would go back to America together. However, once in New York Stefano faces loneliness, hard work, and the criminal underworld.
Toronto’s Damiano Pietropaolo is an award-winning writer/broadcaster, director, translator, and educator. As editor, director and producer Damiano explored the theme of exile and return and the emergence of a post-national drama.
Nino Famà, born in Barcellona P,G, (ME), is the author of two academic books and numerous research articles. His works of fiction include: Il sogno di Toloma (Pellegrini Editore 2017) and L’oceano nel pozzo (Pellegrini 2014) was translated in English, (The Ocean in the Well) by Damiano Pietropaolo and has been published by Guernica Editions (May, 2021). La stanza segreta, Sciascia Editore (2004) came out in English (The Secret Room) translated by Douglas Campbell and Leonard Sbrocchi and published by LEGAS (2008). A collection of short stories, Don Gaudenzio e altre stories, was published in 1996 by Bastogi Editrice italiana.
