a book cover for a novel telling this story: His father, born in Lisbon, had disappeared when he was five years old. When life accidentally puts him on his trail, an italian scientist is drawn into a whirlwind of unforeseen events through five Portuguese-speaking countries - all united by the Atlantic Ocean - to discover what was once the Portuguese colonial empire and what became of his family. All the descriptions of the five countries where the story takes place (Portugal, Cape Verde, Brazil, São Tomé and Principe, Guinea Bissau) correspond to reality After a few pages, the reader realises that this is a kind of diary, albeit without dates. In the end, he discovers that it is a tale written after the events, for a clear reason. The imagine must be of photographic quality. --ar 3:2