It retells the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, set in Milan in the 1960s.

An English translation by Marina Harss was published in 2009.

[1] Richard Rayner of Los Angeles Times wrote in 2009: "The images are surreal, sexy and frightening, and the text (translated here for the first time into English by Marina Harss, with lettering by Rich Tommaso) is both compelling and poetic.

"[2] Publishers Weekly wrote: "The text might have lost some of its lyricism in the translation from the Italian, as it occasionally seems stiff.

The artwork retains its bold, sensual power, however.