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«Time to Collect Metaphors» is the first Ukrainian-language book by Canadian novelist Mikhail Blekhman. This is a collection of more than 30 stories written at different times and in different places of the world, as well as illustrations - artistic photographs by Alexei Kuznetsov.

Blechman's prose is about love and time. It is metaphorical - hence the title, which paraphrases the biblical expression "Time to gather stones". This prose is aimed at readers who are looking for food for thought in literature rather than a way to have fun. It is about life, and, as in life, it contains a lot of sadness and no less laughter. This prose contains memories, it is an attempt to repent of what I did not have time to do then, in the past, or rather, of what does not pass. After all, how can time pass? Isn't the past with us forever? And aren't our fantasies no less real than reality?

Language for Blechman is a great value, a priceless gift received by man from the Creator. He loves playing with words, playing with words, playing with the meaning of words. He loves metaphors, alliteration, playing with rhythm - everything that makes prose no less poetic than poetry. Blechman does not «call a spade a spade», because a work of fiction is not a scientific article, not a newspaper essay, but ideally a work of art.