"I too was a dinosaur during a certain period... and I do not regret it." Italo Calvino. The hero of this book bears the unpronounceable name Qfwfq. Little else is known about him. It is not even certain that he is a human. As for his age, he is roughly as old as the universe itself. This makes him the ideal eyewitness to the most incomprehensible changes: How did the Big Bang occur? What is the real reason for the extinction of the dinosaurs? And when did the sun first rise? In the colorful persona of Qfwfq, Calvino cleverly intertwines bold scientific theories with the power of ancient cosmogonies.