Pamela Villoresi

After a man wakes up with a ringing sound in his ears and finds a cryptic note on his fridge, it marks the start of a mysterious, life-altering day.

To help her financially struggling mother, a teenage virgin turns to sex work and meets a wealthy man who offers her a proposal she can't refuse.

A journalist's 65th birthday and a shock from the past cause him to examine his status as a fixture of Rome's literary and social circles.