Mado lives alone a house in a small French town. She has only one passion, making its way in the world photographing details: a fork branch, a forgotten fruit in the sun. She never had another girlfriend qu'Albanala a foreign cartomancienne at times. When Albanala returns to her native country, she swears to take care of his niece Mado. It is then that a man is nicknamed the Indian ... All themes dear to Dominique Mainard are present in this novel, true love song: exile, loneliness, secrets and lies ... and finally improbable encounters that only allow us to escape ourselves.