L'ETÀ DELL'ENTUSIASMO

For the first time ever, Angela Terzani Staude recalls her late husband Tiziano - one of Italy's most beloved author, translated in many countries, with over 5 million copies sold - sharing the incredible journey their life together has been.

Intertwined with the events that marked the 20th century, a heartfelt love story of a couple that grows stronger together by facing both personal and sentimental hardhips, as they deal with the issues of an entire generation in search of its own identity and values. L'età dell'entusiasmo tells the destiny of a woman born in a mittleuropea boheme family, but also a powerful story of love and rebellion, on the background of greatest events of recent history. Firenze, 1957. Angela and Tiziano are both eighteen when they meet through a mutual friend. She is immediately fascinated with his travel stories and with this free-spirited young man, who seems fearless and eager to discover the whole world. She is just as rebellious and passionate as him and they soon realize they are perfect for each other. Their life together begins, and so do their journeys together: animated by their political passion, Angela and Tiziano start off in Italy, then following the course of Tiziano's career as a reporter for Der Spiegel, they explore Europe and the United States - where they actively participate in protests against the Vietnam war - and all the way to Asia. "We laughed together about the same things inventing the most incredible scenarios. I miss his courage, his independence, his imagination. When I asked him what he would have done if he could live longer, he replied: «I would have travelled again. And I would have brought you with me»" Angela Terzani Staude Angela Terzani Staude was born in Florence from German parents in 1939. Her father was an artist and her mother an architect. She met Tiziano Terzani when she was eighteen and since then they shared their life together. With Longanesi she also published Giorni cinesi (1987) and Giorni giapponesi (1994). With TEA she edited Diverso da tutti e da nessuno. Tiziano Terzani sul campo, nella testimonianza di amici e colleghi (2017).