A woman was punished. She accepts it. And she turns the punishment into a life sentence: "immobility". A woman-"stasis". And around her the noise and the passions, madness disguised as a carefree bird tearing them apart. Her daughter, as a rebellion against the punishment, disguises the city that wronged her mother with a pseudonym, attacks herself with a pseudonym, and is baptized "Rarau" and they take refuge in the capital. Victim, and not the heroine of this book, Rarau settles in Melodrama and Comedy. They forced her to believe that she is not allowed to be tragic, her passions do not rise to the level of grandeur. But in the end, Tragedy, even with a broken mask, visits her and smells her. Around the two women, a blurry, stray country in the background. And many faces, who believe that the world was created as an excuse for their own passions to become books. Along the journey of the book, the other inhabitants gradually become happy and leave peacefully, leaving behind the book and Rarau. The country remains blurry and motionless on the margins of the book. The book cannot bear to witness Rarau until the end: it escapes, leaving her to continue on her own. Ultimately, it was my mistake to call her a victim. After all, she declares herself happy and successful on her own. I do not know what became of Rarau.
P.M.

"In 'The Mother of the Dog', like Faulkner in 'The Sound and the Fury', Matesis gives voice to the destitute spirits... an extremely powerful work..." (L. Farnoux, 'Le Monde')

"'The Mother of the Dog'... life explodes like a bomb... there are countless scenes that we will remember..." (C. Segre, 'Corriere Della Sera')