About the book: year / Recognized classic of Italian literature Pasquales Festa-Campanile (1927-1986) in Russia is better known as the author of scripts for such film masterpieces as "Rock- ko and his brothers", "Leopard" or "Four Days of Naples". In addition, he is the director of famous comedies with Adriano Celentano (“Bingo Bongo”, “Deal!”). In the novel “Sin” (1980), only now translated into Russian for the first time, the passionate love of an army chaplain and a sanatorium patient unfolds against the backdrop of the events of the First World War - the catastrophic defeat at the Battle of Cayorsto and the stampede of Italian troops.