La isla de los latidos del corazón

On the outskirts of Tokyo, in a small city bathed by the ocean and surrounded by mountains, is the house where Shuichi spent his childhood and to which he has just returned. Shuichi is a famous illustrator, he is forty years old and has a scar in the middle of his chest. He is obsessed with his heart, he listens to it every night, and with the confusing memories of the past. His mother manipulated them to protect him from pain: she always told him a sweetened version of his little dramas. The problem is that, if one is not sure that one has suffered in the past and has overcome it, where can one get the courage to keep trying? One day, Shuichi notices that a mysterious boy is wandering around his house. A strange presence that raises many questions: who is the child watching him and why has he chosen his house? But above all, how do you catch a fish-boy? Shuichi discovers that the little boy is called Kenta, he is eight years old and is living some prodigious adventures in absolute solitude. Kenta, the fish-boy, and Shuichi, the surfer cartoonist, establish an extraordinary friendship, to such an extent that meeting each other will change their lives forever. It will take you to a place that beats to the rhythm of the heart, pronounced in all the languages of the world. This is Teshima, a small remote island located in the southwest of Japan, where the Heartbeat Archive is also located.