Ernesto

Ernesto is 16 years old and ready for life to begin. His curiosity leads him into an affair with an older man--the first step on his journey to adulthood. Full of tenderness, humor and warmth, Ernesto is a beautifully rendered coming-of-age story set in fin de siècle Trieste. Written in 1953, but not published until 1975, Ernesto is the great Italian author Umberto Saba's secret novel.