"Jasper Gwyn is a writer, lives in London and, plausibly, is a man who loves life. Suddenly, he wants to stop writing, although his is not the crisis that afflicts uninspired writers, he seems to want to change from perspective, get to the core of a certain magic. He is supported by, as an accomplice, a girl who is collecting what is gradually becoming the mystery of Mr Gwyn. Baricco enters the secret symmetries of this mystery with the sure and determined step who knows and loves the trails he walks, and the result is a literary gem.
"Baricco's audacity is to have written a book about the possibility of disappearing with the aim of meeting again" (Marco Missiroli, Corriere della Sera).
«A poetic thriller ... The rhythm of the narration is meticulously controlled by its architect, master of details and ellipsis. Not a word is left »(Panorama).
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