Well done, from librarian at UNIMC to candidate for the Strega Prize. Adrián Bravi cannot hide the genuine surprise of finding himself among the twelve finalists.

Argentinian by birth, Recanati by adoption, he was selected among the 82 candidates on the recommendation of Romana Petri, last year's finalist. "I never expected to get this far. Being included in this list is already enough, but, of course, if you are among the 12 you can only hope to remain in the top five"