La desafortunada vida de las lombrices

"You'd be surprised how much books about worms bore most readers." Thus begins this brief natural treatise that, page by page, introduces us to the fascinating, and not at all boring!, world of worms, seemingly insignificant beings, ignored by science, culture, and even by society.

You may be surprised to know that the earthworm has a changing shape, is often confused with a caterpillar, loves to make underground galleries, eats garbage and is defenseless against its many predators, but even so, this invertebrate survived the dinosaurs.

However, the most amazing fact about worms (and hence why they are "unlucky") is that, at any moment, they can divide in two, and then their life becomes a continuous search for their true identity, a process full of misfortunes that will provoke sympathy, complicity and laughter in readers young and old.

Noemi Vola makes an ironic and fantastic reinterpretation of the life of this pink worm, turning this very vulnerable animal into a true hero.