Narratori della Fenice: L'angelo della storia

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A Port Bou, near the Franco-Spanish border, the fates of Laureano Mahojo and Walter Benjamin intertwine one September night in 1940. Despite their differences—Laureano, the idealistic fighter, and Benjamin, the refined essayist—they represent two sides of the same coin, embodying the Europe that Nazism and war will soon obliterate. Both have faced defeat and exile, ultimately falling into one of history's most tragic traps. In 1939, Laureano sought refuge in France with half a million compatriots but was interned in a brutal camp and later sent to fight on the Maginot Line. Arriving in Port Bou, he became a smuggler out of love. Benjamin, having left Berlin in 1933, endured hardship in Paris until the war led to his internment in a concentration camp, from which he barely escaped. Now, in the mountains, Laureano is pursued by Franco's forces and on the brink of exile, while Benjamin, desperate and plagued by misfortune, is fixated on his precious book as he approaches his tragic end. Through the dark events of Europe’s history, this narrative blends fiction and reality, revealing the profound humanity of one of the most enigmatic and pivotal thinkers of the last century.