"In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the
morning." - F. Scott Fitzgerald A coming-of-age novel-a heady union
of Before Sunrise and Beautiful Ruins-about a father and his
teenage son who are forced to spend two sleepless nights exploring
the city of Marseilles, a journey of unexpected adventure and
profound discovery that helps them come to truly know each other.
Antonio is eighteen years old and on the cusp of adulthood. His
father, a brilliant mathematician, hasn't played a large part in
his life since divorcing Antonio's mother but when Antonio is
diagnosed with epilepsy, they travel to Marseille to visit a doctor
who may hold the hope for an effective treatment. It is there, in a
foreign city, under strained circumstances, that they will get to
know each other and connect for the first time. A beautiful,
gritty, and charming port city where French old-world charm meets
modern bohemia, father and son stroll the streets sharing strained
small talk. But as the hours pass and day gives way to night, the
two find themselves caught in a series of caffeine-imbued
adventures involving unexpected people (and unforeseen trysts) that
connect father and son for the first time. As the two discuss
poetry, family, sex, math, death, and dreams, their experience
becomes a mesmerizing 48-hour microcosm of a lifetime relationship.
Both learn much about illusions and regret, about talent and
redemption, and, most of all, about love. Elegant, warm, and
tender, set against the vivid backdrop of 1980s Marseille and its
beautiful calanques-a series of cliffs and bays on the city's
outskirts-Three O'Clock in the Morning is a bewitching
coming-of-age story imbued with nostalgia and a revelatory
exploration of time and fate, youth and adulthood. Translated from
the Italian by Howard Curtis
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