★ A modern story of escape and self-redemption in the style of Thoreau's Walden. The protagonist, René, unable to bear the city's congestion, endless competition, and workplace pressure, packs up his tent, takes a one-eyed black cat, and heads to the forest to live in seclusion. He chops wood in the woods, understands the silent language of animals, and rediscovers the joy of reading in the small daily routines. This healing remedy for urban emptiness is highly likely to move young readers longing for a spiritual wilderness.
★ An adult fairy tale full of natural spirituality, balancing literary beauty and market potential. The work not only depicts the daily life of seclusion but also endows nature with magical vitality. In the forest, the protagonist encounters wolves and fawns, converses with marginalized farmers and thieves, and rethinks the meaning of living through this experience.

A solitary man, a forest, the company of animals, the pleasures of a simple life and an ever-burning hearth. René can no longer stand his job, the traffic or the repetitiveness of city life. He feels an emptiness inside him that keeps growing. So he decides to run away and live in the woods, with only his backpack containing his tent and a one-eyed black cat as companions.
Every day spent in nature brings a new discovery: learning to fish and chop wood, discovering the silent language of the forest and the river, awakening memories and rediscovering the pleasures of reading. From encountering a wolf and a fawn, to conversing with elderly farmers and a group of thieves, René rediscovers what it means to be alive. An essential novel for anyone who's struggling to hold onto their place in the world.

Nicola Pesce
Nicola Pesce is an author and editor from Salerno. He has built up a large following on social media, with 200,000 followers on Instagram and hundreds of thousands of views on TikTok.
Nicola Pesce likes to describe himself as a reader before a writer. Afflicted by Asperger's syndrome, he has chosen to see it as a strength that allows him to see and describe the world in a different way. In love with slow living and the little things, he works every day to actively promote kindness and a love for culture. He is a digital nomad traveling across Italy and the world, armed with old, yellowed notebooks in which he writes his novels and poems.