"Departure is nothing but the beginning of the journey home." It's a phrase many have read on walls while wandering the streets of Venice. These words capture the essence of this book, in which Taniguchi has transformed his Venetian sojourn into the story of a man searching for his roots. The unexpected discovery of a connection between his Japanese origins and the lagoon city creates a captivating emotional short circuit, a visual flow from which—just like the wonders of Venice—it's impossible to look away. This is an Italian edition and contains little text.