Телефонуй мені, говори зі мною

Seven stories, three novellas and a short novel, all spare and minimalist, about loneliness in search of kinship, often in borderline situations or in the face of death. Familiar daily reality shifts hypnotically. It becomes possible to learn the date of one's own death and that of others: the lists are banned by the state but can be bought. In the house of a gentleman named Yurii, rooms start disappearing one after another, the house turns into a block of flats, then a communal apartment, and his world shrinks. A son does not see his father for one year, two, ten, though they talk on the phone regularly. Places and heroes are kept abstract, with no hint of present-day Ukraine.

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About the book

Form

Short stories

Length

223 pages in the original

Genres

Speculative (assigned by AI)

First published

2012 by Темпора

Author's age

53 when first published

ISBN

9786175690666 (original)

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