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In the aftermath of a profound loss, Francesco's life spiralled into a realm of irreversible devastation. His attempts to rebuild and find solace proved futile, leaving him isolated in a world devoid of hope. Family encouragement fell short, and even his closest friends gradually drifted away, unable to bridge the chasm of his despair. Just as Francesco seemed resigned to his fate, an unexpected lifeline appeared. An old schoolmate resurfaced, offering a bizarre and perplexing proposition: an unconventional substance that could transport him to a parallel world where he might reunite with his lost love. Desperation propelled Francesco into this uncharted reality, defying the very laws of nature. Determined to reclaim the fragments of his lost memories and love, Francesco's journey takes him through a series of mind-bending and heart-wrenching experiences. As he navigates this alternate universe, he confronts not only the spectres of his past but also the boundaries of his own sanity. ""Echoes of Eurydice"" is a gripping tale of love, loss, and the extraordinary lengths one man will go to for a chance at redemption. In a world where the lines between reality and illusion blur, Francesco's quest becomes a poignant exploration of the human spirit's resilience and the enduring power of love.

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"Crafted as a retelling of the myth of Eurydice and Orpheus, Iori's ambitious psychological drama centers on love, death, and loss-and what it takes for the heart to heal. In Italy, reeling from the death of Lisa, the woman he loves, Francesco is jolted to discover that memory loss has wiped her face from his mind. Soon, he receives an impossible offer from his old friend Losco: the chance to see her face again, after ingesting honeyed mushrooms with psychotropic properties. But Losco's plan calls both for facing the past and moving on from it, as he books Francesco in a seaside resort. Past and present, new friends and old, get bound up together, all as Francesco feels like ""a meteorite ready to hit the bottom of the abyss with a thud."" Despite the references to myth and Dante's Divine Comedy, Francesco's journey takes him through the present and the recent past, and is primarily realistic in its telling, though readers will wonder, along with Francesco, what experiences he's truly living through, and when. Rather than an underworld, Iori twines a pair of beach cities into the tale, Sanremo and Bournemouth, and presents Frencesco with the opportunity to connect with-and maybe love-someone new. Francesco seeks not to have Lisa forever, in the manner of the heroes of myth, but to reclaim her memory and to learn to live without her, a distinction that sets this psychologically incisive telling apart from its inspirations. Readers should expect that, as Francesco edges toward new possibilities, things are not quite as they seem. (The protagonist did, after all, swallow six mushrooms, press a red button, and agrees to a set of rules for Losco's regimen that preclude human contact.) But by story's end it all makes clear emotional sense, and even is touched with wisdom, especially in the final revelations, some wrenching, from Losco. Iori's translation of the novel into English from Italian is conversational and usually clear. Takeaway: The surprising story of an Italian man's psychotropic journey to rediscover the face of a lost love. reviewed by Publishers Weekly - BookLife"

Crafted as a retelling of the myth of Eurydice and Orpheus, Iori's ambitious psychological drama centers on love, death, and loss-and what it takes for the heart to heal. In Italy, reeling from the death of Lisa, the woman he loves, Francesco is jolted to discover that memory loss has wiped her face from his mind. Soon, he receives an impossible offer from his old friend Losco: the chance to see her face again, after ingesting honeyed mushrooms with psychotropic properties. But Losco's plan calls both for facing the past and moving on from it, as he books Francesco in a seaside resort. Past and present, new friends and old, get bound up together, all as Francesco feels like ""a meteorite ready to hit the bottom of the abyss with a thud."" Despite the references to myth and Dante's Divine Comedy, Francesco's journey takes him through the present and the recent past, and is primarily realistic in its telling, though readers will wonder, along with Francesco, what experiences he's truly living through, and when. Rather than an underworld, Iori twines a pair of beach cities into the tale, Sanremo and Bournemouth, and presents Frencesco with the opportunity to connect with-and maybe love-someone new. Francesco seeks not to have Lisa forever, in the manner of the heroes of myth, but to reclaim her memory and to learn to live without her, a distinction that sets this psychologically incisive telling apart from its inspirations. Readers should expect that, as Francesco edges toward new possibilities, things are not quite as they seem. (The protagonist did, after all, swallow six mushrooms, press a red button, and agrees to a set of rules for Losco's regimen that preclude human contact.) But by story's end it all makes clear emotional sense, and even is touched with wisdom, especially in the final revelations, some wrenching, from Losco. Iori's translation of the novel into English from Italian is conversational and usually clear. Takeaway: The surprising story of an Italian man's psychotropic journey to rediscover the face of a lost love. reviewed by Publishers Weekly - BookLife

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