Among rantings due to a growing daily stress a narrator tells the story of Anna and Lucia, two girls of Italian origin, who after spending a childhood and a peaceful and happy childhood in Borneo discovered a love affair between their parents, so disgusted, they decide to leave and reach Italy. Here find a very closed society, resulting in great difficulty in entering and get to know people. When for the two friends finally everything seemed to go for the best, something happens… But this romance stimulates the narrator in an uncontrollable desire to escape from the monotonous and meaningless life he leads. With a small boat so he faces the open sea in search of the freedom that in his squalid life has never been able to find. He finds the love of a mermaid and live an extraordinary adventure into the depths.
