« The grave of souls » – Diepresse.com
The Italian bestselling author Marcello Simoni takes the readers into the church world in 1626 in Ferrara.
With voltage literature that plays in the church milieu, one involuntarily thinks of Umberto Ecos: « The name of the rose ». This is even more true of the thriller of the Italian bestselling author Marcello Simoni because the semiotics are important. However, the book plays at the beginning of the 17th century – in a world without women, and when they occur, then in supporting roles.
A scholar of Jewish mysticism was brutally murdered in 1626 in front of the walls of a monastery in Ferrara. Dominican Girolamo Svampa and his assistant are sent by the church authorities in Rome to clarify the matter, and naturally encounter all kinds of obstacles and even assault. As well as the obvious fact that nobody in Ferrara seems particularly interested in clarifying the case.
Old rituals of a sacred world
When the new Pope was elected, many spoke of a ritual died of time. In the 17th century, the church ceremonies were part of everyday life. Marcello Simoni succeeds in moving readers into this sacred world right from the start. You can find out many details, without the text being overloaded, the story is becoming more and more mysterious.
In historical novels, the question of the relevance for the present is often asked. But isn’t it just as interesting to see how people lived, thought, felt, felt like it earlier? However, if you are looking for references to the here and now in « The Grab of Selen », you will also find them in accordance with it. Intrigure, distribution of false reports and rumors, prime and pleasure addiction are not limited to earlier centuries. Unfortunately, anti -Semitism is not either.
