Antonio Gramsci, leader of the Italian Communist Party and one of the brightest revolutionaries in the history of socialism, was arrested by Mussolini police in 1927 and remained imprisoned until he died ten years later. The posthumous publication of his Prison Notebooks placed him as an important intellectual whose influence continues to increase today.

Through the stories of his family, friends, teachers and party colleagues, Fiori completes a detailed and exquisite biography of the great Italian philosopher, politician and journalist. As the character grows, matures and reflects, Fiori articulates both aspects: the Gramsci seen by the others, and the Gramsci that emerges from his texts, not only the theorists-politicians, but also his personal letters, which are many, profound, affective, and in which he also realizes his intellectual evolution. By studying Gramsci's writings to his family and friends, we can see the relationship between his personal growth as a political leader and his private experience, his participation in the revolutionary movement of his time, and the concerns that engulfed him at all times. Fiori builds a story in which, in addition to Gramsci himself, many other political leaders and contemporary intellectual figures are expressed.