{"id":2,"date":"2021-04-26T07:50:27","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T07:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musikante.eu\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-08-20T07:16:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T07:16:47","slug":"sia-cielo-che-terra","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/musikante.eu\/en\/sia-cielo-che-terra\/","title":{"rendered":"both heaven and earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Antonio Petralia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Both Heaven and Earth<\/strong> is a novel by <strong>Antonio Petralia<\/strong>, jazz drummer, composer and artistic director. An intense and engaging work where music, family secrets and places of the soul come together in a story about love, forgiveness and discovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/musikante.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-23-at-20.59.43-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Sia Cielo che Terra \u2013 Romanzo di Antonio Petralia\" class=\"wp-image-1519\" style=\"width:420px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/musikante.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-23-at-20.59.43-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/musikante.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-23-at-20.59.43-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/musikante.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-23-at-20.59.43-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/musikante.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-23-at-20.59.43-18x24.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/musikante.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-23-at-20.59.43-27x36.jpeg 27w, https:\/\/musikante.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-23-at-20.59.43-36x48.jpeg 36w, https:\/\/musikante.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-23-at-20.59.43.jpeg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The plot<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Main character, <strong>Svante Torre<\/strong>, a pianist and music teacher, leads a seemingly peaceful life until his mother <strong>Clara<\/strong>, on his deathbed, reveals to him a secret capable of forever changing his view of the past. Together with his brother <strong>Gustav<\/strong>, Svante embarks on a journey in search of his roots, crossing places laden with memories and facing truths that have remained buried for decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The locations of the novel<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Each stage is a mosaic of emotions and memories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rome - The House of Siani<\/strong>: childhood home, affective refuge linked to grandmother Rosangela.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rome - Via Reno<\/strong>: Kalervo family apartment, maternal legacy and symbol of identity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>L'Aquila<\/strong>: the city of carefreeness and discovery of Jazz in Roseto.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Roseto degli Abruzzi<\/strong>: summer residence where a love of jazz was born in Svante.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Marisol Estate, Sicily<\/strong>: between vineyards and Etna, a place given to grandfather Salvatore by a Spanish nobleman, now Gustav's home.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Malm\u00f6, Sweden<\/strong>: Svante's adopted city, which goes from cold and distant to a new beginning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Music as a common thread<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>jazz<\/strong> is the real soul of the novel: it accompanies the characters from childhood to maturity, interweaving past and present. Clara's sentence - <em>\u201cMusic will bring you together.\u201d<\/em> - becomes a beacon that illuminates the path to truth and reconciliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A novel of emotions and identity<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Both Heaven and Earth<\/strong> is not just a family tale, but a literary journey between Italy, Sweden and places of the soul. A book that combines music, introspection and memory, leaving the reader with the feeling of having heard a unique melody, note after note.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/musikante.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sia-cielo-che-terra-COP-Petralia-f.to-15x21cm-1024x694.jpg\" alt=\"Sia Cielo che Terra \u2013 Romanzo di Antonio Petralia\" class=\"wp-image-1521\" style=\"width:464px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/musikante.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sia-cielo-che-terra-COP-Petralia-f.to-15x21cm-1024x694.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/musikante.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sia-cielo-che-terra-COP-Petralia-f.to-15x21cm-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/musikante.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sia-cielo-che-terra-COP-Petralia-f.to-15x21cm-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/musikante.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sia-cielo-che-terra-COP-Petralia-f.to-15x21cm-1536x1041.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/musikante.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sia-cielo-che-terra-COP-Petralia-f.to-15x21cm-2048x1387.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/musikante.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sia-cielo-che-terra-COP-Petralia-f.to-15x21cm-24x16.jpg 24w, https:\/\/musikante.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sia-cielo-che-terra-COP-Petralia-f.to-15x21cm-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/musikante.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sia-cielo-che-terra-COP-Petralia-f.to-15x21cm-48x33.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Both Heaven and Earth - Novel by Antonio Petralia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibs.it\/sia-cielo-che-terra-libro-antonio-petralia\/e\/9791280368638\">https:\/\/www.ibs.it\/sia-cielo-che-terra-libro-antonio-petralia\/e\/9791280368638<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udcd6 <strong>Genus<\/strong>: contemporary fiction, short novel<br>\ud83c\udfbc <strong>Themes<\/strong>: jazz music, family ties, travel, search for origins<br>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Settings<\/strong>: Sicily, Rome, L'Aquila, Roseto degli Abruzzi, Sweden, Spain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Production: Musikante Association<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antonio Petralia Sia Cielo che Terra \u00e8 un romanzo di Antonio Petralia, batterista jazz, compositore e direttore artistico. Un\u2019opera intensa e coinvolgente, dove la musica, i segreti di famiglia e i luoghi dell\u2019anima si fondono in una storia che parla di amore, perdono e scoperta. 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