Piccola Sicily

Our days. Sunny autumn day on Sicily. Divers, treasure seekers, are trying to raise an old plane from the bottom of the sea. The German historian Nina is in the list of passengers of her grandfather Moritsa, who was considered missing during the Second World War. This is the secret that her family keeps. Soon Nina meets a strange woman on Sicily, who claims to be the daughter of Moritsa. But how is it possible? Tunisia, 1942. The motley quarter of Piccola Sicily, three religions get along here in good neighborly ... they got along until the war came. In the Hotel "Majestic", the German military photographer Moritz for the first time sees Yasmin and Pianist Victor. From this day of their life, they will be bizarrely woven. They can only follow the destination of fate, Mektub. Or, nevertheless, try to break out of the trap into which all three drove war, love and traditions. The novel is inspired by the real story.

Press about the book
The book of Shpek is a real fireworks of emotions, bewitching beautiful landscapes and incredibly interesting fates, all this is formed in an exciting family novel. Westdeutscher Rundfunk

Shpek - a collector of stories that he weaves with other stories in an intricately beautiful carpet. His novel is dramatic, tense, emotional and poetic. Mannheimer Morgen

Shpek constantly changes the perspective, talking about the war, flight and the new beginning. His story about the German occupation of Tunisia is a very important commentary on our present. Suddeutsche Zeitung

"Their life is more interesting than any fiction, ”you involuntarily think, reading Roman Shpek, and then you catch up, once again reminding yourself that you read about fictional heroes. Perhaps this is the main property of a good big novel: people inhabiting it become no less real than your relatives. These are the characters of Daniel Shpek. Sergey Kumysh, RBC