It tells the story of a young forest ranger who belongs to a community which guards a storage with explosives but is expelled after running away during a robber attack.

An English translation is included in the book The Siren (1984).

[1] The book was the basis for the 1994 film Barnabo of the Mountains, directed by Mario Brenta.

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