Two boys meet. Two shepherds. They have a lot in common: they walk barefoot, live in a hovel, have brothers. But one of them is strange, mysterious, elusive and sweet. In a word, he is different. He’s always by himself. He talks like no other does. He says things that go against everything adults think and say. The other boy is a little scared by him, but fascinated too, because that sad boy is always ready to stand by his side, to defend him, to help others. Between the two boys grows a solidarity that seems to arise directly from the earth and the fire, the silences and the fears they share daily. A great writer recounts the profound mystery of a boy different from any other, and yet blood brother to all the boys in the world.
[Text in Italian]
