Manuel Roca and his two children live in an isolated old farm. One day, an old Mercedes with four men climbs the road leading to the house. As if he had always expected that moment, Manuel Roca calls his children without losing a second. Something as terrible as indescribable is about to happen, something that will change the lives of all of them irremediably, especially the life of little Nina. A vibrant story that delves into the depths of the human soul. The protagonists are lost figures in space and time, victims of an infinite war that, like all conflicts in the history of mankind, awakens the passions and the most hidden instincts. The nightmare of violence, resentment and revenge will dominate the dramatic events of Manuel Roca and his children. The spiral of hatred that engulfs the characters only appears to dissolve thanks to the decision of Nina, a girl-girl who will know to make sense, and also future to the greater pain without having to shed more blood. A history of massacre and revenge, in two times; in the first one he evoked the names of Sergio Leone and Capote cold blood, while in the second, fifty years later, we attended a meeting as dramatic as surprising. "Baricco in its purest form" (Joan Josep Isern, Avui). "Without blood he starts off with a scene that seems to have been created by Coppola. The author of Silk weaves a history of war, revenge, pain, fear and clemency. Horror and love merge into the symbols that Baricco conjures up as specters in the pages of this novel »(Andrea Aguilar, El País)