The Red Horse

About this book

Eugenio Corti A literary phenomenon in Italy The Red Horse a European bast-seller was voted the best Italian novel of the decade in a public survey. Its success had gone far beyond Italy as the book has been translated into Spanish French Japanese and three other languages. This epic historical novel about World War II and after written from the authors own personal experiences as an Italian Freedom Fighter is a profoundly moving account of the war those who fought in it on both sides and the effects the war had on families in the authors hometown in Italy. On a wider scale it is a faithful witness to the actual events of the war - including the role of historical personages who appear the Russian campaign the Nazi barbarism the Communist gulag the North Italian resistance and political life in the two decades following the war. This world filled with powerful personalities drama and clashing armies bathes in the light of the truth. What makes this truly historical novel with its epic scope a masterpiece is the underlying spiritual dimensions of the protagonist his family and friends which illuminates the ongoing tragedy of the war and its aftermath. In the end it is a story of faith and hope in a world reduced to barbarism and cruelty. Born in 1921 in Lombardy Eugenio Corti joined the Italian Freedom Fighters. From his experiences of the tragic retreat from Russia Corti wrote a fascinating chronicle Most Did Not Return and a book about the Italian Freedom Fighters The Last Soldiers of the King.