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The renowned master of short prose Peter Stamm collected in this book ten stories, united by the territory — Swiss plateau — depth of disclosure of human interactions in everyday situations.

The girl who decides to live in the forest. Empty janitor's booth with lowered blinds. The music teacher at the audition in the school. The first joint lunacy. Disfigured man with a valise. These are stories about people who try to give joy to themselves and their feelings, self-literacy and sapience, lost opportunities and other unfortunate failures — everything that we have to live with every day.