Six faces of life

Repair of a country house bought by an author for family vacation in nature becomes a storyline for a well -written essay about nature and our relations with it. On the adjacent area, as well as in the walls, floor and ceiling of the old cottage, the storyteller meets many animals: bees, ants, foxes, protein, thruser, badgers and many others - all those for whom this place is a house. These meetings make the author think about the role of animals in our world.

Nina Burton, the poetess and the writer, the laureate of the August Prize of 2016 for the best non-fiction production, weaves scientific facts and personal observations in a single narrative to force readers to see life in its many manifestations