The Centaurians: a novel

An early 20th century meditation on disillusionment and the search for authenticity. Virgillius Salucci, a man drowning in wealth and privilege, finds himself hollow despite every luxury money can buy. What begins as a personal crisis becomes a journey across unfamiliar territories, driven by restless ambition and the pull of an enigmatic love that may or may not exist. Biagi traces one man's attempt to escape the prison of his own comfortable existence, trading the drawing rooms of the wealthy for something rawer, trampler. The novel's quiet power lies in its examination of what happens when a man who has everything discovers he has nothing that matters and sets out to find something that does.