Sicily 2020: "The Red, a deadly virus, has struck those who have crossed the threshold of adolescence. There is not a single adult alive. A thirteen-year-old girl wanders through burned fields, mysterious forests, carcasses of shopping malls, and deserted cities, in a vast ravaged landscape plagued by nature itself and wild gangs. Anna, guided by the notebook with survival instructions left to her by her mother, searches for her kidnapped brother and tries to escape from the destruction that lurks at every step. Day by day, she discovers that the rules of the past no longer hold any power. Now she is forced to make her own rules."

Nicolò Ammaniti introduces us to Anna, his most heartbreaking novel, where through the death of certainty, the unstoppable force of life bursts forth. Because, as Anna discovers, "life does not belong to us, it passes through us."