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Fabrizio Garrone, an aristocratic translator struggling with poverty and feelings of inadequacy in Milan, discovers a lost Viennese novel that reignites his hopes for recognition. Inspired by the writings of a late literary critic, he believes that translating "The House on Moon Lake" could finally elevate his status in the literary world and fulfill his dreams of acclaim. This journey explores themes of ambition, desperation, and the quest for validation in the face of life's disappointments.

A prize-winning international bestseller, this gripping story by Francesca Duranti follows Fabrizio, an impoverished but aristocratic translator, on his obsessive quest to find a lost German novel -- The House on Moon Lake -- after he reads a reference to it in the book of a renowned literary critic. Fabrizio's quest and its solution transform his life as he searches for the reality behind the events in the book and its author.As Fabrizio is drawn into making up a story which slowly -- and intolerably -- becomes fact, he watches as his own creation begins to overpower him. By the time Fabrizio realizes the ramifications of the myth he has crafted, the love story of the original dissolves into a horror story of the present.