Resi Cibabene writes historical thrillers. In her mother tongue - Italian - she has already published six novels, plus a historical essay. For many years she has been in the board of 'In Novitate', a historical society whose aim is to preserve and divulge the local heritage. Her contribution to their efforts was the creation of her novels, all of them set in Novi Ligure, her hometown. Recently, La Filanda has been translated into English - The silk-mill. This is the first of a family saga, which starts in year 1913 and goes on until 1968. The Silk-mill covers years 1913-1914. It's a detailed reconstruction of a truly happened homicide, based on the newspapers of those days and the documents of the trial. As the title suggests, at the core of the sequel of events are a silk-mill - the most important silk-mill in town - and the working conditions of hundreds of workers - most of them women, girls and children.
But what sets the events in motion is a homicide at the factory. The police arrest a young worker – an anarchist. He pleads not guilty, but doesn’t say anything else; he doesn’t explain where he was when the murder took place. It will be his defense councilor, he too an anarchist, who must shed light onto the facts. But it’s a complicated matter that gets more and more complex and murky; ancient guilt and recent problems come into it – even the beautiful widow Binaldi, daughter-in-law to the silk-mill owner.
In its Italian version, the novel won the prize 'L'Autore' and was well received by the readers.
The second volume of the saga - Between two flags - has also been translated into English. It covers the years from 1935 to 1946 and deals with the political issues of Italian history, the dictatorship and the war. Italian critics saluted it as "an Italian 'Gone with the wind'".
A retired teacher, now Resi Cibabene has moved to France. Her main interests - apart from history and writing - are music, water sports and yoga. She studies Hebrew and has planned to study biblical Greek. She lives in Moriani with her husband and their black dog, Thor.

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