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The threats are not physical, but rather psychological and emotional. Sexuality and love, along with the desire to rise above others by winning wrestling matches that bring no prize to the winner, are but unbreakable chains, no one can get rid of if he wants to be part of human society.
A Kafkaesque story recalling the "Castle" and "America", Rain is a reverse coming of age novel, told in explicit and ironic tones.
Giuseppe Favata
Giuseppe Favata was born in 1952 at Mazzara del Vallo western Sicily. Having moved to Genova in early life, he has been a secondary teacher. Currently seeking is third University Degree in philosophy he poured his passion for sociology, literature, art and science into his debut book: “Gli Specchi” (Mirrors).
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Rain - Giuseppe Favata
Rain
Giuseppe Favata
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Layout and cover image: Zenith Books
Translation by: Mark Ayton
Copyright © 2016 Giuseppe Favata
All rights reserved
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
ISBN: 978-1-365-47362-3
It was night
It was night. The rain poured down incessantly, lightning flashed over a gloomy landscape and the thunder crashed menacingly in the chill, shrieking wind. Poor Paolo was soaked to the skin, but he gritted his teeth, more not to feel them chattering than to screw up courage. He was walking slowly along a road that the glare of the lightning picked out in fragments from time to time. He was suffering, yet an inexplicable strength made him keep going. And the road finally brought him within sight of a distant light that beckoned to him and made him walk faster. The light gained form as he approached, and soon a large country inn loomed clearly before him. Imagine the joy Paolo felt! He ran the last few steps of the way. He could see guards at the entrance, but they didn’t seem bothered about him; so he approached slowly until he found himself in the lobby of the building. It was enormous, empty at present, perhaps because the night was already well advanced. From either side a number of staircases rose, and at the back was a receptionist sitting at her desk, endless rows of hooks for room keys ranged behind her. Paolo went up to her and in some agitation asked:
I’m soaking wet, tired and starving hungry... Could you put me up? I have money on me.
Of course,
answered the woman quite calmly. That’s what we’re here for.
She gave him one of the few remaining keys and called a liveried porter to take him up to the room he’d been assigned. As they went upstairs, the porter asked Paolo what he’d like them to bring him to eat in the morning. Presently they stopped climbing the stairs and turned into a long, wide, deserted corridor. They walked along it almost to the other end, until they came to number 5138, on the right, and here they stopped.
This is your room, sir. The bathroom’s down the hall a little, on this side.
Saying this, the porter saluted him and walked off, leaving Paolo alone, with no-one to give explanations. He remembered the key he was still holding in his hand. It was attached to a small wooden disk with 5138 – Come to the One Who Loves You Inn on it. What kind of name is that?
he wondered. Just my luck to arrive in the middle of the night!
The corridor felt too big and silent now, and a nameless fear gripped him. Let’s hope this key works, at least!
The key turned smoothly in the lock and a vast, shabby room greeted him.
*****
It wasn’t yet dawn and he found no-one in the bathroom. He took a hot, reinvigorating shower and, finally dry, put on a soft pair of pyjamas that had been left folded and ready for him on his pillow. He had no sooner got into bed than he fell asleep.
He was awakened a few hours later: a tray with his breakfast had been placed on the night table and the blinds had been raised, and a room service attendant was shaking him gently, just firmly enough to rouse him from his sleep.
Sir... it’s morning, I’ve brought your breakfast!
Paolo opened his eyes with difficulty to the faint light coming through the windows.
All right, thank you, I’m getting up.
But his weariness was stronger than his hunger. As soon as the waiter had left the room, he wrapped himself in the bedsheet and fell asleep again. He was awoken once again at lunchtime, and this time the shaking was more vigorous. It was a different waiter, and he