A poetic novel about remembering and forgetting. Even as a boy, Manuel longs to escape from his provincial Andalusian hometown of Mágina to the metropolises of the world, to disappear into Madrid, Paris, New York, or San Francisco as soon as possible. Years later, he meets the beautiful Nadia at a conference, follows her to New York, and feels he is finally reaching the destination of his dreams. However, it turns out that Nadia is also connected to his hometown of Mágina. Together, they delve into the history of their city, to which Manuel increasingly yearns to return...