Novecento : Pianiste

Born during a crossing, Novecento, at thirty years old, has never once set foot on dry land. Sailing ceaselessly across the Atlantic, he spends his life with his hands resting on the eighty-eight black and white keys of a piano, composing a strange and magnificent music that belongs to him alone: the music of the Ocean, whose echo spreads through every port.

In the form of a poetic monologue, Baricco combines the enchantment of fable with dizzying metaphors.