War seen through the eyes of Serra, a university student from Palermo who volunteers in 1942 to fight in Africa. He is assigned to the Pavia Division on the southern line in Egypt. Rommel and the Axis forces are bogged down; it's October, the British prepare an offensive. At first, boredom, heat, hunger, and thirst bedevil the Italians; then the Brits attack, and there's no luck or heroism in death. Finally, it's retreat in confusion. Serra, his sergeant Rizzo, and his lieutenant Fiori take a last walk toward home. It's said that each soldier gets three miracles; when Serra's are used up, what then?
26 January 1955, Padua, Veneto, Italy
December 23, 1970 in Caserta, Campania, Italy
April 5, 1962 in Bari, Puglia, Italy
May 27, 1974 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy
June 13, 1970 in Bari, Puglia, Italy
September 18, 1953 in Montalbano Jonico, Basilicata, Italy
5 October 1965, Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy
30 June 1957, Naples, Campania, Italy
5 June 1964, Zofingen, Aargau, Switzerland
24 August 1969, Rome, Lazio, Italy
25 May 1957, Rome, Lazio, Italy
September 28, 1977 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy

