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The people Elena meets, their kitchens and the places they love. The Sicily around the story, one door at a time.
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Inside the village
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Rosalia
Recipes from the novel, and the woman who has fed the village for fifty years.
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Nino
The square, the regulars, and how to order coffee like a Sicilian.
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Salvatore
Tools, an olive grove from tree to oil, and how an old stone house is brought back to life.
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Chiara
A ceramics workshop, and what the patterns on Sicilian maiolica mean.
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Elena
The suitcase from Chicago, the house room by room.
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Caterina
A Sicilian kitchen in Chicago, and the habits that travelled with her.
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Behind every door
Who they are, as Elena first meets them.
The dishes they cook, written down to cook at home.
The corners of Sicily that belong to them.
Something everyday that only the village knows.
A taste, before you knock
From Rosalia's kitchen
Serves four · About one hour
In August, when the aubergines are heavy and shining, this is what I make. Every kitchen in the contrada says theirs is better. Let them talk, and fry the aubergines until they are golden.
— Silenzio · silenzionovel.com —
Every door in the village has more like this.
Beyond the doors
Not every part of the novel lives behind one person’s door. This is the rest of its Sicily.
Everything in the village is safe to open before you read.
No clues, no endings. Those stay behind another door.
The Village Key
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Questions
A private part of this website: six doors, recipes, places and a map of the novel’s Sicily. Some pieces, like the recipe cards and the map, can be printed.
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Yes. Nothing in the village gives the story away. The clues stay behind the Olive-Green Door, for readers who have finished.
No. The village stands on its own, but it’s richer alongside the novel.
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On 25 January 2027, together with pre-orders. The novel publishes on 4 April 2027.
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