"No" is a surreal tale which, very cynically, winks its eye to the reality of today's Italy; a merciless self-critique, the result of a careful and disillusioned eye on immanence. If we like, pause for thought so that today's Italy does not become tomorrow's.

Protagonist of the burning love story that is carried out in the novel is Speranza Adamoli, a young rebel teacher who at a certain point in her life decides to seek refuge in a lost Greek island, choosing as her dwelling the lighthouse in Antikythera.

After sixteen years Speranza's house is invaded by the troupe of the Grande Rete Interattiva: the presenter, known as the "Prince", poisons her to death with a hallucinogenic biscuit, in order to transmit live on the screens the victim's last visions.

Thus starts the "virtual" trip of millions of subscribers in the cinematographic memory of the protagonist, through present-day Italy's metamorphosis: fascist hitters have become senators, communists have become Catholics, corrupters have become moralists, entrepreneurs have become demiurges, Italians have become xenophobic. In short, that ''Italia di Rifatti' she had said "no" to, running away.

Millions of eyes sneak into her private life, in her love story - a passion without rules and schemes  - with Paolo, a war correspondent and "loose dog" of journalism.

When he recognised in the agonising protagonist on screen the unforgettable teacher of his life, the last of the kids from Rome's "Ippolito Nievo" leaves for Antikythera in the desperate effort to save her life.

But the "virtual" audience will be the one to decide, in the end, on her salvation: those scouring eyes will be the ones who will judge her existence and decide whether it is worthy of being lived or not.