The book is deeply introspective. Toward the end of the trip, facing the "metallic waters" of the Persian Gulf, Reverte describes a feeling that was neither happy nor sad—simply the sense of reaching the "final stretch of life".
Reverte was a journalist and novelist whose travel writing is noted for its "sensuality, adventure, and poetry". La frontera invisible_ Un viaje - Javier Revert...
He walks through its streets, capturing the spirit of a city "plagued by dogs" and fishermen on the Galata Bridge, viewing it through the lenses of historical writers like Blasco Ibáñez and Ali Bey. The book is deeply introspective