a beautiful hymn to the magical power of writing

Through the story of Mr. Gwyn, who believes he can waive the literature, we enter into an exposed beings that retain their ability to surprise and mystery whatever the attempts to analyze and make the portrait, even if the justification of this act is to allow to "return home".
Baricco's characters are guided by the will to organize the World, artisan lighting to cripple friend-editor, and the power of Literature is the very subject of the book, and what is the reason to exist its characters, starting with Jasper Gwyn, "scribe" who lives to the end in the hoax.
A new general ledger Baricco, in the vein of Melville, Chesterton ... and Fruttero-Lucentini writes with the precision of shape confining the examination, normal to the author.
It is nevertheless regrettable that the publisher has replaced by a bland anonymous drawing fingerprint "Bartleby" that adorned the Italian edition, and I let discover the curious reader.