The train of the living dead. Verona-Milano -- Milano-Verona -- First class, high speed. Verona-Milano -- Milano-Firenze -- To the end of the land. Milano-Roma-Palermo -- Crotone-Taranto-Lecce -- Lecce-Otranto
An Italian travelogue describes the trains that traverse the country, from the architecture of old train stations to the new high-speed railways, and portrays the author's memorable encounters along the way, exploring how trains helped build Italy and how their development Italians' sense of themselves
