It is in the bookshop “The light I did not tell you – The Puglia of Masseria San Domenico”. Published by Rizzoli, the book tells the story of the Melpignano family who, with care and passion, gave new light to that a heavenly and poetic place in Puglia which is Masseria San Domenico
If you love family sagas. If you want to discover the fascinating stories of entrepreneurial excellence, the book to read is “The light I didn’t tell you – The Puglia of Masseria San Domenico”.
This is the story of the Melpignano family, creator of the creation of a symbol of Apulian luxury hospitality: Masseria San Domenico. A jewel part of the San Domenico Group.
The plot of the book
A sleepy summer day, everyone is asleep. Silently Lina goes to the beach, it’s her twenty-second birthday. Despite the war, the joy “is to arrive in the absolute quiet of Cala Masciola and acrobat by the sea, take flight with thoughts, go far away”.
Here she finds a shell and a coin that appear to contain an omen, or perhaps a promise. Carlos Solito starts from afar to tell a family story that is also the story of a remnant of Puglia.
A plain of surreal olive trees sculpted over the centuries, a soft coast, “a syntax of golden beaches and exotic seabeds, Roman consular roads and vestiges, prehistoric dolmens and frescoed caves”.
This is where the vision of Marisa Lisi and Sergio Melpignano takes place. It is the year 1980, they return to the ancient watchtower lost in the Mediterranean scrub. Five years later Masseria San Domenico has returned to its former glory. But that’s not enough, Marisa imagines, she sees something that isn’t there: “Why don’t we open this place to guests? … Everyone will love our Puglia “.
Let’s find out the author
Carlos Solito, writer, photographer, journalist and director, was born in Grottaglie, in the province of Taranto. He traveled the world from a very young age and collaborated with numerous national magazines and newspapers, creating travel reports.
He directs short films and documentaries. His photographs of him have been exhibited in various countries. He has also published over twenty illustrated volumes for the most important Italian publishers.
He has signed the collection of short stories The opposite of the sun (Milan, 2010) and Montagne (Rome, 2012), together with Dacia Maraini, Paolo Rumiz, Maurizio Maggiani, Franco Arminio, Andrea Bocconi and others.
He is also the author of the novels Sciamenescià (Rome, 2016), The ballad of the Sassi and Too much night around me (Milan, 2018 and 2021). For Rizzoli, on the other hand, he published Sogno a Sud (2020).
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