马格里斯的书的中心是一群意大利共产党员的命运，他们在二战后前往南斯拉夫，帮助建设社会主义社会，但在斯大林和铁托的冲突中身陷囹圄。
At the core of Magris’ book is the destiny of a group of Italian communists who travel to Yugoslavia after the Second World War to contribute to the construction of a socialist society, only to be caught in the conflict between Stalin and Tito.