Come volano le api
by Castello Chiara
In an indefinite future, the world experiences the consequences of a disease caused by the unbridled exploitation of nature’s resources: the halved population decides to create subhumans in breeding centers in order to avoid the extinction of the species. Centuries later, with the pandemic over, the breeding centers have turned into real hunting reserves where subhumans are captured and killed like animals. Not all humans, however, passively carry out their work in these hubs of death and sadistic fun: nurse Carla Ferretti’s view on the reality will be forever changed by the silent but tenacious flight of the bees and her meeting with Bianca, a subhuman girl. The distant memory of her dead sister, a life-changing encounter with a bee farmer and the protest movements against the Reserves are the backdrop to Come volano le api that immerses us in its protagonist’s fears and rebellious thoughts against the absurd decline of the human species.
- Publishing house le plurali
- Year of publication 2021
- Number of pages 138
- ISBN 9791280559067
- Foreign Rights Hanna Suni, hanna@lepluralieditrice.net
- Ebook www.bookrepublic.it
- Awards Vincitrice del premio speciale \
- Price 14.00
Castello Chiara
Chiara Castello comes from the hills of lower Piedmont. She was born in the countryside, in a town in the midst of the last vineyards close to the mountains. She studied Translation and Interpretation and currently works on translations on the balcony of her house with her cat Sylvester. In her spare time she photographs, writes and produces good wine. Come volano le api is her first novel, written a year before Covid-19.
