Davos: A Franco Fasiolo Novel - Chapter 4 (original) (raw)

Italics Magazine , 2019

Abstract

In this first of the Franco Fasiolo Novels, we meet the eponymous forensic botanist who lives in a relict greenhouse in Furmentùn, a small village in the Italian Alps. We just catch him as he heads to Davos, Switzerland, to give a speech at the World Economic Forum. Disdainful of automobiles and most other forms of transportation, and a great walker at heart, Franco sets out on foot, planning to clarify his thoughts as he makes his way to the meeting. He has some encounters along the way that help him formulate his talk, and yet others that complicate the task. Eventually he arrives at the forum and makes his presentation, which receives a mix of reactions. Leaving the conference behind him, he finds renewed inspiration and insight on this trip home, especially with a visit to a museum in Bolzano. While Franco is away, the plants he lives with set an intriguing set of circumstances for his return, after which a neighbor fills him in on other happenings.

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