Alex and the Color of the Wind

by Piero Rivolta

This standalone novel is the second book in The Sarasota Trilogy by Award-Winning Author and Poet Piero Rivolta, Alex and the Color of the Wind is the story of Alex, a successful architect in the prime of his life who embarks on a voyage of self-discovery. He sets out in his yacht alone. Far out at sea, he encounters a beautiful, mysterious woman whose sensuous yearning and vitality open up a world of sight and sound he has sensed before but could never fully fathom…until now—when she enflames his imagination and fills his sails with renewed dreams.

Originally published in Italian, Alex and the Color of the Wind is an enchanting tale, an exhilarating fable for our times.

PRAISE FOR THE SARASOTA

“Author Piero Rivolta has written a book that I found very moving and poignant… His Sunset in Sarasota is a must read for anyone who longs for a story about life’s mysteries and joys.” --- Jack Roberts, Cable Network, Los Angeles

“What a great movie this book would make! It has a marvelous, touching story and the characters jump off the page at you.” --- Joe Mazz, Genesis Satellite Radio Network

“Piero Rivolta nails the layers of love, devotion and driving passion to excel in Sunset in Sarasota. In many ways, the novel totally transcends the fictive and drives home the eternal truth that love and passion must be balanced between self-definition, our personal productivity and commitment to the people who love us.” --- Vin Smith, America First Radio

"One of the best Florida fiction authors I've read." --- Shanda Trofe, Transcendent Publishing

ABOUT PIERO RIVOLTA

Award-winning author Piero Rivolta grew up in Milan in a family of automakers. He left Italy and moved to Sarasota, Florida in 1980 with his wife Rachele, a painter. They have two grown children, Renzo and Marella. Bridge Through the Stars is his first novel since the publication of Journey Beyond 2012 and his Florida fiction series, Sarasota Sunset in Sarasota, Alex and the Color of the Wind and The Castaway. Piero is also the author of four poetry/prose Just One The Rest is God, Nothing Is Without Future, Going By Sea and One Life, Many Lives.

190 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

An avid sailor and lover of the sea, Piero Rivolta is an award-winning, published poet and author of several books, including:

Just One Scent: The Rest is God, 2nd edition (2015)
Going By Sea (2014)
One Life Many Lives (2014)
Journey Beyond 2012 (2012)
The Castaway (2010)
Just One Scent: The Rest Is God (2010)
Nothing Is Without Future (2009)
Alex and the Color of the Wind (2008)
Sunset in Sarasota (2007)
Bridge Through the Stars (2017)

Born in Desio, Italy in 1941, Piero earned a doctorate in mechanical engineering from the Politecnico di Milano at age 24. Two years later, after his father’s unexpected death, he became the world’s youngest CEO of a car manufacturing firm, Iso Rivolta. Beginning in the 1940s, the company designed and built motorcycles and the popular egg-shaped, front-door Isetta bubble car. Until Rivolta sold it in 1972, when the golden age of the small, independent Italian car manufacturer ended, he continued to develop and produce various models. Among them were the highly esteemed Iso Rivolta GT, the famous Grifo luxury sports car and the Formula 1 racecar, the Iso Rivolta Marlboro.

In addition to his writing and work in the automobile industry, Piero has raised jumping horses in Italy, run a spinning mill in Brazil and engaged in real estate development in Europe, Central America and the United States.

Deeply involved in the arts, Rivolta helps to organize many cultural events, and is cofounder and president of the annual La Musica chamber music festival in Sarasota, Florida, where he resides.