Albertini, born in Besana in Brianza, province of Monza e Brianza, emerged as a product of AC Milan's youth system, and went on to spend 14 highly successful years with the club after debuting as a 17-year-old in 1989.
The novel begins in late Spring 1940 in the town of Nomana (a literary depiction of Corti's hometown Besana in Brianza) where the inhabitants live on agriculture, farming, or work in the textile mill owned by the local industrialist Gerardo Riva, Ambrogio's father.
Brianza | Carate Brianza | Province of Monza and Brianza | Verano Brianza | Stadio XXV Aprile (Carate Brianza) | Besana in Brianza | Besana |