Liberto is an unusual child. He suffers from a rare allergy that has affected him from birth and no one in the world knows about it: his body is covered with yellow bubbles, which are a reaction to the dominant force in our society—advertising.
Ironically enough, he is the heir to an established and well-known advertising agency, but he will only be able to run it when he “knows what is to be known with all his body, soul, and spirit.”
Deprived of freedom and contact with the world, he is a prisoner in his own home, until second lieutenant Gaetano Ponza, a very unconventional teacher, opens the doors to a cosmos where curiosity prevails. Liberto thus encounters books, which are repositories of ancient secrets and masters of revolt. Amidst timeless myths and universal enigmas, he will find the strength to battle the dragon: the heavy specter of advertising.
With delicate and poetic prose, Fausto Romano crafts a modern fairy tale for all ages, a universal metaphor that speaks to the heart of our day. It is a story that mocks the vacuity of consumerism while celebrating the ageless charm of books and knowledge, and providing a profound reflection on freedom and the essence of being human.
FAUSTO ROMANO describes himself as a storyteller. Graduated from the “Silvio D’Amico” National Academy of Dramatic Art, he authored multi-award-winning short films such as Cratta, La giraffa senza gamba (The Legless Giraffe), and San Vitu Rock, as well as publications such as: Grazie per aver viaggiato con noi (Thank You for Traveling with Us), Anche i pesci hanno il mal di mare (Even Fish Have Seasickness), the detective story Ninnanò, the short stories Corro da quando (I Run Since) and the poetic exercise Haiku Salentini (Haiku from Salento). He also worked as an actor in commercials and came up with the idea of this book while walking in a forest. He is currently touring Italy with a theatrical performance based on this fairy tale.
FRANCESCO CUNA is a graphic designer, painter, and illustrator, but he claims to be above all a seeker of signs, the right ones, because every story contains a sign to be unearthed (a Sherlock job of the arts). He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna and has lived in France and the United States. He masterfully juggles painting, book illustration, and teaching. For him, illustrating is not translating stories into images but building a parallel universe: an autonomous visual narrative that comes to life from the text, interweaving with it to create new meanings.
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