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A collection of short stories and essays whose main characters are closely connected with the Odesa region, in particular with Odesa itself and the coast of the Kuyalnyk Estuary.
The stories are set in a distinctive natural and cultural landscape that greatly influences the fates of the characters, their present and future. The stagnant times in which Odesa is stuck, the remnants of its beauty, the imperial and Soviet evil ghosts that brought the tragedy of Ukraine's great war closer. A constant search and escape - from Crimea to Florence via Kherson, from Odesa to Starobilsk, New York or Paris. A person is confused. What does he need to move on? How to admit defeats and mistakes in order to overcome fear and pain? How multifaceted can love and dislike be - for a person, for the place where you were born? The stories merge into a single author's statement and form the eternal leitmotif of returning to oneself.
The manuscript was completed with the support of the Institute of Literature (Krakow).