If the madness was an intellectual state, it can be said that Roberto Bazlen did not abandon this state in his entire life. For those who do not know it, it is enough to point out that Roberto “Bobi” Bazlen was the writer who does not write; in the style of Melville's Bartleby, but really; a man made of literature and life who enriched the catalogs of prestigious Italian publishers such as Einaudi and Adelphi.