Description
The Twenty Days of Turin
Book Summary
In this work of modern and contemporary fiction tinged with horror, Giorgio De Maria reconstructs one of the most unsettling episodes in Turin's recent history: a phenomenon of collective psychosis that plunged the city into chaos for twenty days. The reader will delve into an oppressive atmosphere where insomnia, a strange smell of vinegar, and inexplicable screams transform the urban space into a nightmarish landscape. A novel that explores the limits of reason and shared fear.
What is it about?
The narrative is set in a Turin stifled by a heatwave and struck by an insomnia epidemic that has broken the psychic balance of its inhabitants. Every night, thousands of citizens wander like ghosts through the streets of the historic center, gripped by an inexplicable collective behavior. The atmosphere becomes even more sinister when an acrid and penetrating smell of vinegar saturates the night air, and the silence of the night is broken by the echo of horrendous screams with no apparent origin. The work investigates how a community crumbles when reality is distorted and fear becomes the only common language.
Main themes
- Collective psychosis and mass behavior.
- Fear as a contagious and transformative phenomenon of urban space.
- The fragility of human reason in the face of the inexplicable.
- Insomnia as a trigger for a psychic and social crisis.
- Oppressive atmosphere and psychological terror in an everyday environment.
Who is it recommended for?
This novel is aimed at readers interested in contemporary fiction with elements of psychological and atmospheric horror. It is ideal for those seeking stories that explore the mechanisms of collective fear and social decay from a literary and suggestive perspective, far removed from explicit or supernatural horror.
What this book offers
- A deep and disturbing exploration of how fear can seize an entire community.
- A dense and immersive narrative atmosphere that maintains tension from start to finish.
- A reflection on the fragility of sanity and the limits of human perception.
- An original perspective on a real historical phenomenon, treated with a literary and psychological approach.
Technical specifications
- Author: DE MARIA, GIORGIO
- Publisher: HERMIDA EDITORES, S.L
- Language: Spanish
- Subject: Modern and contemporary fiction, horror and ghost stories
- Collection: EL JARDIN DE EPICURO
- Publication date: September 2024
- Number of pages: 156
- Weight: 200 g
Editorial review
The Twenty Days of Turin is a literary proposal that stands out for its ability to build an atmosphere of psychological tension without resorting to sensationalism. Giorgio De Maria succeeds in turning a historical episode into a powerful metaphor for collective fear and social disintegration. Its reading will be especially attractive to those who value subtle horror and atmospheric narrative, in a carefully crafted edition that invites the reader to immerse themselves in a perfectly constructed urban nightmare.