Born in Naples, Lorenza Foschini was the longtime anchorwoman of tg2, the news programme on RAI2. The author and presenter of successful broadcasts, she has created documentaries and in-depth programmes. She has published, among other things, Proust's Overcoat, Zoé, la principessa che incantó Bakunin, Il vento attraversa le nostre anime. Marcel Proust e Reynaldo Hahn. Una storia d'amore e di amicizia. All translated into various languages. She also translated unpublished pieces by Proust in Ritorno a Guermantes and edited La democrazia in 30 lezioni by Giovanni Sartori.

Introduction. Family memories.- Teatro San Carlo. October 1958.- Chiaia. Winter 1958.- Renato's "grandfather". 1869.- Salon Offritelli. 1923.- Et velum scissum est. 1925-1930.- Salon Del Re. 1930.- Padua. 1931-1934.- Inert as life is. 1933.- Homecoming. 1934.- Salon Benzoni. August 1937.- State Archives - Rome. 2020.- Taking the cockerel for a walk. 1936.- State Archives - Rome. 2020.- Caffè Vacca. 1936.- Ettore Majorana. 1938.- How to dispel a myth. October 23, 1938.- From Capodimonte to Capodichino. 24 October-30 November 1938.- Renato gets married. June 29, 1939.- Ovaloids of assigned metric. May 1939.- Mikhail's papers set ablaze. September 12, 1943.- Mario Alicata. 1944.- Salon Caccioppoli. 1945.- Salon Kosagovskaya. 1949.- Salon d'Avalos. 1950.- The beginning of the end. 1946-1949.- Whispers and cries. 1950.- On his trail. 2020.- The exams. 1950-1952.- The battleship Potemkin. 1952.- Words and life. 1951-1952.- A pure spirit. 1951-1952.- Women. 1954-1956.- Trafficker in ideas. 1953-1956.- Francesca Spada. 1957.- Giovanni Ansaldo. 1957.- The inane attempt at seriousness. 1958.- Wanda Monaco. 2020.- Pucundria. 1958.- Caccioppoli's apartment. 1958.- The two photographs. 1958.- The friction of life. October 1958.- Caflisch. April 1959.- How beautiful a' Muntagna is tonight. April 1959.- What no one knows. May 8, 1959.- What everyone knows. May 8, 1959.- Truly orphans. May 9, 1959.- Conclusion. Family considerations.