Tommaso Landolfi was an Italian author, translator and literary critic. His numerous grotesque tales and novels, sometimes on the border of speculative fiction, science fiction and realism, place him in a unique and unorthodox position among Italian writers. He won a number of awards, including the prestigious Strega Prize.
"È impossibile pensare che tutto finisca; eppure talvolta sembra di percepire, nella crudeltà e indifferenza di cui la natura ci circonda, il segno certo che tutto finirà senza traccia." (p. 206)