Read by Svetlana Kotova

Pozdney osenyu, v posledniy god XVIII veka, v malenkiy italyanskiy gorodok Stellata na beregu reki Po zaehal tsyganskiy tabor, i prekrasnaya tsyganka Violka pohitila serdtse sorokaletnego holostyaka Dzhakomo Kazadio. Nesmotrya na protivodeystvie obeih semey, vlyublennye pozhenilis, no odnazhdy Violka reshila raskinut karty, chtoby uznat, chto zhdet ih v buduschem. I karty predrekli uzhasnuyu tragediyu, kotoraya ozhidaet kogo-to iz ih V etoy pronzitelnoy istorii smeshany pravda i vymysel, realnost i magiya, slezy i shutki, i ohvatyvaet ona dva stoletiya istorii Italii, ot borby Garibaldi za obedinenie strany do terrorizma i sotsialnyh kataklizmov 1970-h. Prichudlivoe perepletenie mistiki, romantiki i realizma zastavlyaet soperezhivat, nadeyatsya i vmeste s geroyami iz raznyh epoh pytatsya obresti i ponyat smysl chelovecheskoy zhizni

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