In an era where the future seems to oscillate dangerously between technological utopia and ethical collapse, Guido Parisi delivers, through his latest work published by Pathos Edizioni, a raw and surreal portrait of what we might become.
The novel focuses on a specific microcosm: a class of twenty students in their final year of high school, caught at the most delicate moment of their personal development.
The setting is not a distant sci-fi landscape, but a “hereafter” that feels strikingly possible. Over the last five years, the world of these teenagers has been overturned by a sequence of events that redefined the pillars of society.
While technology has granted incredible achievements, improving the quality of life in medicine, transport, and communication, the absence of ethical boundaries has, in turn, birthed monsters.
The result is an atmosphere of chaos and bewilderment.
The young protagonists find themselves forced to make life-altering choices for their future in a context where the line between progress and devastation has become invisible.
Core Themes of the Work
The book questions the true cost of well-being. At what point does an invention stop serving humanity and start destroying it?
How do young people mature when their role models and “normalcy” itself crumble under the weight of global disorder?
At the heart of the narrative stands a deaf-mute girl. Her presence, on the fringes of a society that struggles to find space for difference, becomes the emotional pivot of the story, especially following the tragic loss of her brother, one of the students in the classin a motorcycle accident.
The Pathos Edizioni “Box Autori”
Guido Parisi’s volume is more than just an individual read; it is a fundamental piece of Pathos Edizioni’s literary promotion project. The work has been included in the prestigious Box Autori, curated collections designed to introduce the most compelling voices of contemporary fiction to a wider audience.
“A tale that speaks to the youth using the language of augmented reality—not just technological, but above all, emotional.”
Why Read It
Guido Parisi succeeds in weaving a plot where private grief intertwines with collective panic. It is a book that offers no easy answers, but instead poses the right questions to a generation that must manage the legacy of a complex and often contradictory world.