On a winter evening, during a solitary and simple dinner in front of the fireplace, Erri De Luca, while rereading Pinocchio, feels a strange sense of fatherhood. Thus begins a monologue that evolves into a dialogue between a man who never managed (or never wanted) to become a father and the son who was never born.

Through this fantastical and highly revealing conversation, the author essentially speaks about his own life, experiences, and philosophy.

"The Game of the Goose" may be the most personal, profound, and confessional of all his works.