Abstract
The paper aims to describe and analyze the specific loneliness of Walter Ferranini, the protagonist of “Il comunista”, by Guido Morselli (1976). Even though constantly searching for success and praise – as probably it was for Guido Morselli, too – Ferranini lives his grey, unsuccessful, unhappy life in a particular way, which makes him a silent, unrecognized hero, and which gives a special “light” to the full novel.