Stories set in today's Athens with an immediacy that feels right next to you. Stories from cafes and bars, from parks and squares, inside ground floors and penthouses with terraces.

Eighteen short stories featuring everyday people who recount incidents from their lives, believing they are in control, while simultaneously contradicting themselves. With irony, concealed cynicism, and an underlying optimism as his main tools, Fotis Manikas in his first collection of short stories weaves narratives from his mind with honesty, humor, insight, and tenderness.