Temporary Difficulties. A Collection of Stories. Olha Bohomaz

The broken piano "Ukraine", from which children learn cruelty. Burrs on the fingers of a boy who finds himself in literature. A girl who walks in circles through a supermarket. Toxic offices and Madeleine cookies. Letters to the swallow and carts that come for you at the end of your life. A white goat and a red shaggy dog. A lullaby that accompanies you during your escape from the front, and many, many cats.

This is a story about a world that is increasingly bursting at the seams from generation to generation. About the deceptive transience of problems and premature hopes for the best. About laughter and the search for new meanings in life, admitting mistakes and the desire to save someone, at least with a word. Because there is always a chance that one day someone will save you too.