Caos calmo (Calm Chaos) (Spanish Edition)

The life of Pietro Paladini, a pay-TV executive, undergoes a convulsion one day when, while on the verge of drowning while saving an unknown woman, he loses the woman he was about to marry in just a few days. Installed in a "calm chaos," Pietro will gradually become the epicenter of a world that transfers its own suffering to him. We thus witness a progressively comical pilgrimage of characters: a successful brother with a Peter Pan complex; a deranged sister-in-law; the woman he saved; his co-workers and bosses, who try to overcome his serene equidistance and attract him to their own ranks. Only his daughter will find the path that will allow them to continue living, accepting the impositions of maturity.

Sandro Veronesi captures in this novel the chaos of our cities, of our families in crisis, of an economy founded not on the value of work, but on pure speculation. "In his latest, beautiful novel, Veronesi speaks to us about himself, his generation, the world (which suddenly seems to have become 'abnormal'), about children and parents, the mythologies of the contemporary age, the drift of our country, the affective entropy and the difficulty of acquiring experiences with regard to things. And at the same time, he entertains and amuses us and surprises us on every page" (F. La Porta, Il Reformista).

The story of Pietro Paladini, a pay-TV executive, takes an unexpected turn when one day, while on the verge of drowning while saving an unknown woman, he loses the woman he was about to marry in just a few days. Installed in a "calm chaos," Pietro will gradually become the center of a world that transfers its own suffering to him. The novel follows a progressively comical pilgrimage of characters: a successful brother with a Peter Pan complex; a deranged sister-in-law; the woman he saved; his co-workers and bosses, who try to overcome his serene equidistance and attract him to their own ranks. Only his daughter will find the path that will allow them to continue living, accepting the impositions of maturity.

Sandro Veronesi's novel captures the chaos of our cities, of our families in crisis, of an economy founded not on the value of work, but on pure speculation. The author speaks to us about himself, his generation, the world (which suddenly seems to have become 'abnormal'), about children and parents, the mythologies of the contemporary age, the drift of our country, the affective entropy and the difficulty of acquiring experiences with regard to things. At the same time, the novel entertains and amuses the reader, surprising them on every page.

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