A Vineyard, a War

A historical coming-of-age novel. The story of a forever-young man swept by history, anchored by a longing for experience.
A boy, a war, stories untold for a lifetime. From Africa to France, A Vineyard, a War is a coming-of-age journey through World War II, woven with memory and redemption. A dying father. An unknowing son. A story told too late-but just in time.

March 28, 2009. In an old vineyard in Neive, now a poplar grove, a father with cancer gives his forty-nine-year-old son a formidable wartime story from almost seventy years earlier, supported by memories and a diary written in Algeria when he was nineteen.

A Vineyard, a War unfolds in alternating timelines. It follows Carlo, a young Italian who survives WWII as a soldier, prisoner, US cooperator, and undocumented worker in postwar France. Through Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Normandy, Paris, Marseille, and back to the hills of Northern Italy, Carlo's journey is one of exile, endurance, and quiet redemption. Inspired by true events, the story captures the emotional truth of war, memory, and generational silence - echoing the tone of Salvatores' Mediterraneo and resonating with readers who see in war stories much more than just battles.