The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America

Main Ideas

• Immersion in the atmosphere of small-town America, where behind the façade of everyday life lies the true soul of the country, filled with nostalgia, simplicity, and the quiet beauty of daily existence.
• An ironic and heartfelt exploration of American identity, revealed in the details of daily life, in conversations with chance companions, and in the landscapes slipping past the car window.
• Reflections on the changes brought by modernity to provincial America, on the clash of past and present, on the fragility of traditions and the vanishing corners where time seems to slow down.
• Subtle satire of American stereotypes, habits, and cultural traits, allowing the reader to see the familiar from an unexpected angle, with a smile and a touch of melancholy.
• Travel as a path to self-discovery, an attempt to find a lost sense of home and belonging, a return to one’s roots through encounters with ordinary people and their stories.