A Greek island in summer.

There are the adults: archeologists from all over the world, slightly eccentric scientists, obsessed with the site they have been working on for so long.

And then there are their children, who spend their summers together. A brother and sister are the leaders of this gang living in their own tiny world: one corner of an arid island, a house surrounded by a lush garden, an inlet they can dive into. Their realm – a small stretch of deep water and a plot of red land defined by two paths and a rocky fringe that makes a notch in the bay.

Here, the rest of the world no longer exists; they feel free to live their adolescence ardently.

As the dig is completed, achieving its moment of glory, the children grow apart.

A lyrical novel about adolescence and its dazzling marvels.

A Greek island, an archeological dig. A group of children of different nationalities who get together every summer for several years.