The House of Others

An elderly priest meets a solitary washerwoman in a poor mountain village, forgotten by God and man. The woman desperately seeks an answer: permission to end her life, or perhaps a reason to continue living. The priest, torn between duty and compassion, searches within himself for the truth that could redeem her. Through sparse dialogues and endless silences that seem to echo in the canyons of the majestic nature, The House of Others encapsulates man's deep anguish in the face of the unspeakable, the inability of faith to answer the most essential questions of existence. With clear and concise language, charged with poetic intensity, Silvio D'Arzo signs a reflection on loneliness and human fragility. A masterpiece of 20th-century Italian literature, translated into Greek for the first time.

WHAT THE PRESS WROTE
A perfect story.
Eugenio Montale

A classic work of the 20th century.
Pier Paolo Pasolini