Ascolta il mio cuore

First published in 1991, Ascolta il mio cuore is a moving realistic novel set in post-war Italy and one of Bianca Pitzorno's most successful novels.

From the very beginning of the fourth form, Prisca realizes that life will be different with the new teacher: each school day will be a war. She would like to be a writer, and has "fallen in love" with an old cardiologist. She often asks him to "listen to the heart" which beats faster and faster each time she witnesses an injustice. With the hel...