★The first novel in the world illustrated with the help of an artificial intelligence tool, which translates words into images.
★Paolo Stella gives us a novel that is both myth and fairy tale, narrating the difficulty of feeling different and the desire to discover.
★"I like the idea of traveling through diversity and silence, until you discover that you can find a safe harbor in others, leave your own island and get to the mainland."

Waking up on a boat at the mercy of the sea, with the only company of a long-tongued seagull. The adventure of Nobody, a young man without age and memory, begins: with a journey to the mainland, looking for answers that can bring him home. But crossing the open sea could be an impossible task. Especially because the waves are treacherous, and no one can lead the boat alone. Fortunately, on the horizon, some islands appear. Seven in all. Each with a story to tell. Sailing from island to island, Nobody will meet boys and girls full of dreams and desires to realize, solitudes to fill and worlds to hand on. Some will do so by quoting the great authors of literature and others with the help of clouds or flames. One after another, Nobody will listen to the words of his new friends, assimilating, wave after wave, one more piece of the world, discovering new things about himself and others.

Together with the protagonist, the reader will be looking at the world, people and their diversity from a new point of view. The islands crossed by the young protagonist are places to discover with the eyes and the heart. On each of them lives a boy or a girl characterized by a peculiarity that makes him different from all the others. There are those who feel lonely, some sad, some angry, some who are ashamed of their physicality or sexuality. Everyone has their own story to tell and share with the protagonist and the reader.

This book, which mixes an extraordinary story with the poetic illustrations created by the artist Giuseppe Lo Schiavo through an artificial intelligence tool, was written thanks to the valuable contribution of Anna A. Bonfanti, psychologist and psychotherapist, who accompanied the author in listening to the life stories of a group of girls who were guests of a family home Fraternita Capitanio in Monza. Their stories and reflections inspired the writing of the novel and the book is dedicated to them.

"Confronting myself with the boys and girls I met in the months before writing the book, I realized that one of the most urgent and delicate themes of this generation of young people is that of loneliness, but this mood is different for everyone: so there are many different solitudes, which I interpreted with the islands of the novel, and as many ways to deal with each" Paolo Stella

Paolo Stella is a versatile creative, loved by readers and followed by a wide audience on social media. Creative director, expert in Web strategies, he has published two bestselling books, Meet me alla boa and Per caso. La luna piena delle fragole is his first novel for De Agostini Libri.