This volume sheds light on the little known question of Sciascia's relationship with the Yugoslav world, started at the end of the Fifties and destined to find a long lasting connection in the personal and intellectual friendship with the Slovenian poet Ciril Zlobec. Retracing the stages of Sciascia's real or intellectual travels, the book reconstructs the reasons of his interest for that world, and, on the other side, studies his critical reception.