In the summer of 1959, Pier Paolo Pasolini traveled the entire Italian coastline at the wheel of a Fiat 1100. His diary, The Long Road of Sand, was published in three installments in the magazine Successo. Forty years after the author's death, the photographer Philippe S clier revisits this journey in his series of black-and-white photographs. This book presents the full text of Pasolini's The Long Road of Sand, including numerous unpublished passages, together with the original typescript.

Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-75) was an Italian poet, journalist, filmmaker, scriptwriter, actor, songwriter, and writer. He is considered one of the major Italian artists and intellectuals of twentieth century.