rebirth

In the silent, desolate town of Oran, an unexpected visitor arrived. It was not a welcomed acquaintance, nor a long-lost family member. No, this visitor wore an invisible cloak, and it moved with a malignant intention, casting a deadly shadow over the unsuspecting town. This was the plague.

In the quiet town of Woollett, strewn with the dust of an old nostalgia and the vibrancy of modern society, lived a gentleman of quiet disposition, Mr. Albert Rowland. He was a friend of Lambert Strether, the protagonist from 'The Ambassadors' penned by Henry James. The two men, acquainted well, shared intriguing tales of their lives.

In a small, isolated village at the foot of Mount Etna, lived an old man named Fabrizio. He was the last surviving member of the Salina family, a once great line of Sicilian nobility that fell from grace after the revolution. Fabrizio had spent most of his life in seclusion, trapped in the past by the fading grandeur of his ancestral mansion.