The birth of Francesc Serés's (Saidí, Baix Cinca, 1972) first child is the central theme of his new non-fiction book. The first year (Bow). If to The inner world The writer, who once gazed from Berlin across Europe to connect three wars, now takes on a more existential and, at the same time, domestic tone, from his new home in Graz, Austria: Why do we have children? And what kind of world will we leave them? Through the everyday testimonies of those around him, Serés weaves a chronicle that touches on the major themes that permeate our world: identity, family, progress, the far right, and hope.