Three stories, in Italian, about fear and courage while confronting the challenges of canoeing rapids, boxing and skiing.Antonio Franchini was born in Naples in 1958. He made his literary debut in 1991 with Camerati. Quattro novelle sul diventare grandi (Comrades: Four Novellas on Growing Up). In 1996 he published Quando scriviamo da giovani (Writing when we"re young). A selection from both was brought out in 2003 under the same title, Quando scriviamo da giovani. With Marsilio he has published: Quando vi ucciderete, maestro? (When will you kill yourself, teacher? - 1996), Acqua, sudore, ghiaccio (Water, sweat, ice - 1998), L"abusivo (Illegal - 2001), and Cronaca della fine (Chronicle of the end - 2003).