"We are in 2028 and the only freedom that seems to have remained to man is the escape from the city. So the protagonist of this novel, now segregated between the four walls of his house, terrified even by the idea of ​​opening the door, decides to leave. Away from everyone, from noise, from chaos, from a world where it has become impossible to live. Away from those who illegally occupy every space around him.Vittorino Andreoli imagines a future that is very similar to our present, but where the injustices are even more exasperated and, despite the well-being achieved thanks to the great discoveries, everything speaks of a situation a step away from the abyss. A secluded house, overlooking the ocean in the North West of Scotland, seems the ideal place to find some peace: a bay inhabited only by sea birds and, behind, mountains that over time have been transformed by the action of the wind. It is here, observing the perfection of an environment that has remained unchanged since the day of creation, in the silence of the stones, that he finally manages to analyze with greater detachment the contradictions that have driven him to seek extreme solitude. Inebriated by such beauty, he lets himself be tempted by the idea of ​​never returning, transforming what was meant to be a temporary parenthesis into a definitive choice. Yet even the idyll, seen more closely, reveals sides less bright. But above all, in the most complete solitude, any possible human relationship is canceled, every feeling goes out. The distance then changes the perspective and opens a glimmer of light and hope on the ills of the metropolis. Can this man go back to wearing the elegant city clothes he had locked in a closet when he arrived in Scotland? Or rather, who knows, is another freedom possible? In this novel, a great writer and psychiatrist tells us the profound discomfort of our time, lending to the protagonist inevitably autobiographical traits, but in which each of us can recognize himself."--Translation of page 2 of dustjacket.