Dominika Moravčíková’s unique prose debut combines the exploration of boundaries between man and animal, between human dwelling and nature. The reader gets to visit families living in small villages in the mountains in shepherds’ huts until they arrive at a house for a deer. There they experience traditions and the supernatural first-hand. The short stories are stacked with mystery, magic and omnipresent superstition. Curses, disputes over property, war and religious conflict can’t be avoided. Five poetic short stories tell us tales that are both harsh and tender at the same time and the reader is likely to believe everything.