THE NEW NOVEL

MY NAME IS RUST
MY NAME IS RUST
MY NAME IS RUST

MY NAME IS RUST

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There is a time that doesn't pass, and there is a voice that traverses it. It is the voice of Ruggine, the protagonist of my new novel. After *La Promessa*, I felt the need to return to telling what matters most to me: the marginalized, the forgotten places, the lives that resist in silence. Ruggine is a wounded but not defeated man, a son of the South, raised on the fringes, among abandoned factories, broken words, and crumpled dreams. His name carries a condemnation, but also a truth: life corrodes, leaves its marks, but beneath the rust remains steel. He has a rough language, made of dialect, of the street, and of unintentional poetry. He doesn't make himself great with words, but with his gaze, that of someone who can still see the world as it is. On his journey, he encounters a mother clothed in sorrow, a sister on the run, a former union leader consumed by rage, a stray dog more faithful than men, and a woman who, perhaps, can teach him to save himself. In this novel, I have interwoven my profession as a lawyer with my deepest calling: to write for those who have no voice, for those who remain, for those who, though rusted, are still alive.

WHY I WROTE THIS STORY

“I wrote *My Name is Rust* to return to the stories I carry within me: those of the marginalized, of forgotten places, of lives that silently endure. In this novel, I have interwoven the rigor of my work with my deepest calling, that of writing. I wanted to give a voice to those who have none, to tell the story of a wounded South capable of resistance, to transform silences into memory, and to bring to life the dignity hidden in the folds of existence. ”

THIS BOOK IS SET IN

"My Name is Ruggine" is set in the South, in peripheral and forgotten places, among towns that seem on the edge of the map and abandoned industrial zones. It's a South made of stubborn silences, broken words, and simple gestures, where rust settles on things but doesn't erase memory. The protagonist's journey takes him through a harsh and authentic territory, marked by the hardship and dignity of those who remain. It's not just a geographical backdrop, but a character in its own right: the land where Ruggine grew up, the land that hurt him and that, despite everything, continues to speak to him.

MAIN CHARACTERS

The protagonist is Ruggine, a man born on the margins, raised among abandoned factories, crumpled dreams, and broken words. His name carries a condemnation, but also the strength of someone who never stops searching for meaning. Around him move intense and unforgettable figures: a mother clothed in sorrow, a sister with her gaze turned elsewhere, a former union leader consumed by anger and dignity, a stray dog more faithful than men, and a woman capable, perhaps, of showing him a path to salvation. Each of them contributes to composing the human and poetic mosaic of his story.

SPOILER ALERT

Ruggine seems like a man worn down by life, incapable of truly letting himself be touched. Yet, behind his rough exterior, there exists a fragile space that no one has ever inhabited. During the story, he will meet a woman capable of looking at him without fear, and this encounter will slowly crack the rust that envelops him. Alongside her and the other characters who mark his journey – his mother, his sister, the faithful stray dog, the former union leader – Ruggine will face choices he never imagined. It's not a heroic or immediate redemption, but the beginning of a profound change, made of hesitations, small gestures, and truths that resurface slowly, like metal shining again beneath the rust.

BOOK FEATURES

Year: 2025
Publisher: Castelvecchi
Series: Fiction
Pages: 230
Code: 9791256147311

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