The comic book La Melodia Misteriosa (“The Mysterious Melody”), produced by ETV Publishing for FERROVIENORD, was presented today at Milano Cadorna station. This short story is set in the stations and towns along the Saronno–Como railway line and allows readers, through its fictional plot, to relive the atmosphere and places of the Lake Como area in the late 19th century. The event was attended by, among others, FNM Managing Director Fulvio Caradonna, FERROVIENORD President Pier Antonio Rossetti, Espansione SRL Chief Executive Officer Mario Rapisarda, and the artists who illustrated the story, Alessandro Piccinelli and Claudio Villa.
LA MELODIA MISTERIOSA – Ten original comic-book pages recount the birth of the railway connecting Saronno and Como in 1898 through an engaging and delicate story. The plot begins with the theft of a priceless violin aboard a train and leads to the discovery of an extraordinary natural talent capable of playing wonderful melodies. The publication, La Melodia Misteriosa, developed in collaboration with FERROVIENORD, was released as a supplement to Storie e Misteri del Lago di Como (“Stories and Mysteries of Lake Como”), a book already available in bookshops and the second instalment of a trilogy entirely dedicated to the Lake Como area.
STORIE E MISTERI DEL LAGO DI COMO – Storie e Misteri del Lago di Como comprises four comic-book stories set around Lake Como in different historical periods.
The first, La scomparsa del Brüt (“The Disappearance of the Brüt”), takes readers to the Schignano Carnival during the years of the Italian Risorgimento.
Delitto sui binari della Menaggio-Porlezza (“Murder on the Menaggio–Porlezza Railway”) is a dark crime story set in the late 19th century on this historic railway line.
In fuga con il brigante (“On the Run with the Bandit”) tells the story of a Jewish family fleeing to Switzerland during the Second World War, aided by a smuggler who guides them across the mountain passes around the lake.
Storie di Lorenzo e Lucia (“The Story of Lorenzo and Lucia”) retraces the migration of a family from the Upper Lake area to Sicily in the 17th century, during the period of the plague described by Manzoni.
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