Robinson is a doctor and unlike Robinson Crusoe, his solitude is voluntary but his island in the Mediterranean Sea is invaded by migrants, NGOs, guards. Friday is a castaway, the only one from his boat to have survived when sailing from Africa to Italy. During his strolls on the island, Robinson confronts his own solitude by keeping a diary - that works like augmented reality - filled with extraordinary beings and events, which both fill and trouble his daily life.
In an old building, lost in the middle of the swamp, live two strange women, siamese twins by one leg. At night, the Flayed has terrifying nightmares in which she sees her sister's flesh covering her own body.
On the outskirts of an enormous concrete town stands an inviting little house, home to Timéo, a ten-year-old boy. Timéos house is his refuge but, outside, everything terrorizes him. To help him overcome his fears, his grandmother gives him a stone.
Carried in a makeshift hammock by two thugs, Ernesto moves towards his destination: a strange village that just popped out of the ground in the far reaches of South America. When he arrives, he will realise that his role in village life is crucial.
