Who Would I Be If I Weren't Myself

“Who Would I Be If I Weren't Myself” — is the debut collection of stories by Rita Bullwinkl: a book in which reality constantly slips away and takes on the most bizarre forms. Ghosts and a medium appear, a woman obsessed with harps, schoolgirls who consider themselves plants, GULAG prisoners, lovesick teenagers, a widow obsessed with hair, a snake pretending to be a pear, and even a carnivorous church. These infinitely strange, sometimes grotesque, yet touching and frightening stories combine absurdity and deep humanity. The heroes of the collection test the possibilities of their own bodies, question the familiar notions of reality, and try to unravel the most fundamental questions of existence — the nature of consciousness, love, fear, and loneliness.