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Cato Goudschenker, who used to teach philosophy at a university, now works as the postwoman of a Mediterranean island. She spends her days drinking wine on a bench tangled with mimosa, her glass eye running whenever the wind blows from the south-west. She has shed no tears since a gleaming fridge fell on her two small sons nine years ago. Her mind hums without pause: hired killers, lightness, friendship, solitude, particles that cannot be found. When the woman next door dies suddenly, Cato recalls an old vow to stop shrinking from what frightens her, and starts sending brief letters to strangers who happen to share her surname.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

320 pages in the original

First published

2025 by Querido

Author's age

64 when first published

ISBN

9789025318406 (original)