You? What would you miss the most if it were to disappear forever from your life? This is what the distinguished anthropologist Françoise Héritier contemplates as she gradually composes a mosaic of small personal 'nothingnesses', allowing the reader to find themselves eating clams by the waves, taking a pebble out of their shoe, play-fighting with a friend, or lounging in bed in the morning.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]