"Eccentric characters populate this "total novel": lonely seekers, feverish dreamers, scrappy existences, born escapists. There is Maŭčun, the boy who dreams of flying west with his beloved goose until a young spy falls from the sky at his feet. The dead man in Berlin's Rose Garden, whose mysterious clues lead investigator Teresius Skima through a network of bookshops across Europe to a closed-off superstate. Or Oleg Olegovich, a misanthrope from Minsk who has sworn off languages and invented a new one: Balbuta. His secret sweetheart, whom he cherishes and nurtures.

They all dig, dig deep and dream themselves light as a feather, discover siblings in spirit, fall out of time, overcome boundaries. But the chain dogs bark ever louder - in Berlin, Prague, Paris, Vilnius, Minsk..." (Publisher)

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