This collection with interconnected characters portrays individuals straddling belonging & loneliness and life & death following misfortunes that befall those living in a remote village. I adore the lyrical prose and dreamlike quality, while the non-linear stories can be disorienting.

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• Permission to Land: a man remembers his childhood friends and their drifting apart
• The Little Bell: a young girl living with her grandma and dog waits for her mom to return home
• The Cliff: a man recounts the life and death of a woman and considers how one is remebered