Borders

A boy lived in a house with an arch and was friends with it. He passed through the arch, probably a thousand times! But one day his mother said they had to leave. In the new city, there is no arch; the arch remained beyond the borders. But they will definitely meet again.

This poignant story by Natalia Beskhlebnaia, with illustrations by Anastasia Novozhilova — delicate, ethereal, as if between reality and dream — is not about loss. It is about hope — the most valuable baggage we carry with us through life. A book-hug for all whose boundaries were violated by great misfortune, separated from loved ones. A comforting book about the fact that we carry our home inside us, even when we cannot return to it.