Will their love be strong enough to survive to the flames?
Today is the darkest day of Alex’s life: his father’s funeral. Yet it is precisely in this darkness that Alex meets Yuri and falls in love for the first time. Yuri is a promising young soccer player. He lives in a small village in the province, surrounded by alpha males.
Loving him is not easy. Yuri prefers to hide his feelings from the rest of the community and their relationship remains secret. But rumors spread, and as their love grows stronger, so does the hatred around them.
The Night Around Us by Francesca Zoppei, an authentic and engaging novel that is both a love story and a coming-of-age novel, facing topics such as toxic masculinity and gender identity.
Their love is not easy, the prejudice and the hatred are all around them. But no matter how dark the night can be, if you know who you are, no one will ever be able to turn off your light.