Nine are the short stories that make up this collection in which reality takes on ever new forms. Japan, politics, soccer, but also weight issues: themes seemingly unrelated to each other but which serve as the starting point for the narratives. Thus emerge allegories with deep meanings, events with disturbing features, and inventions of the imagination that create contexts that are surprising to say the least. But above all, what this collection does is immerse the reader in an atmosphere that is at times magical and at times dark, to surround us with mystery and lead us by the hand toward a deep investigation of us. This is how our fears, our weaknesses, but also our deep loneliness emerge.