About the book: 2011 / He is only seventeen. And he loves her - his Beatrice. Hers is scarlet like blood, hers is white like milk. He dreams that they will always be together. He wants to give her eternity. He wants to take her away from eternity. But God, in whom he does not believe, decides otherwise... The novel by Alessandro D'Avenia is a subtle, full of bitterness and hope, a bright and romantic story about first love.