In the story of Mother and Father there are events that determine a before and an after. Major's birth and then Minor's, for example, or the accident that involves them, but also seemingly marginal episodes hijack their existences, as well as ours: of hands that brush against each other by chance and then linger just a little longer than they should, or the casual opening of someone else's chat. In this luminous and blunt debut, Michele Ruol takes us into the intimacy of his characters through the imprints left on the objects in the house in which they lived, managing to continually make us reconsider the idea we have about each of them-and perhaps also the idea we have about ourselves. Winner 31st edition Giuseppe Berto prize. Winner 9th edition Megamark Foundation Prize.