Antonio Tabucchi meets in Italy with Antaeus Chryso-stomidis, the translator of seven of his works, and begins a long confession about himself and the books he has written.

The conversation continues in Greece, expands, embracing new topics (politics, cinema, literary categorizations, the ethical principles of contemporary European law, the white wine of Santorini) and other figures (Pessoa and Kavafy, Fellini and Pasolini, Camus and Blanchot).

Their dialogues culminate in a stained shirt. A book for those who have loved the work of Antonio Tabucchi but also for those who have not yet had the chance to read any of the works of this important Italian writer.