"And I felt this mounting sense of responsibility: to save
this village. I wanted to restore it, much as you would if
you fell in love with someone with a broken arm or leg.
You want to take care of that person, nurse them back to
health, to some sort of wellbeing."
To start with, he confined himself to buying and restor-
ing a house in the village: a place he could bring his chil-
dren, grandchildren, friends. Then he bought another, and
a third. And gradually the idea evolved: if Castiglioncello
del Trinoro was the patient, two or three bandages of this
kind were not going to help in the long term. How about
sending for a proper doctor, one with the expertise to re-
store vitality to every limb, every organ?
