The introduction of this collection of Italian Literary works introduces us to the general themes of the book and a general overview of the majority of the stories that are to follow. From reading the introduction it appears that the majority of the stories are about immigrants and stories that they have to tell, and they appear to be only written by immigrants living in Italy.
The story called Salvation is an interesting story, the main character portrayed in this story is from the middle east and has been in Italy for some time and is established within the country. The protagonist of this story is willing to accommodate his friend but tell him that the process of coming to Italy is very difficult and even say that he will have be baptized in order to even gain entrance to the county. But this is all a clever ploy to keep his cousin back home so that he doesn't have to help him get his life in Italy started. This story shows the true side of human nature that someone may say that they're going to be willing to help but when the time comes to actually help them they just make excuses to preserve their own well-being.
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