A novel and a question: what leads people to make marks on their bodies that last forever? Paul Gauguin leads us towards some answers, who sketches in a notebook the drawings of the legs of Taia, a young woman from Polynesia; little Eloy, who listens to his grandmother’s experiences; a wooden suitcase that will define Marcos’ vocation and the design that Amparo will choose to carry out the memory of his father.

Tattoos: indelible marks on the body. Sometimes threats to those who watch; sometimes, stories printed on the skin. (Back cover text, fragment).