Salki

Description

Lying in bed in Gotland after a writer’s conference, thinking about his compulsive desire to travel – and the uncomfortable tensions this desire creates – the narrator of Salki starts recounting tragic stories of his family’s past, detailing their lives, struggles, and fears in twentieth-century Eastern Europe. In these pieces, he investigates various ‘salkis’ – attic rooms where memories and memorabilia are stored – real and metaphorical, investigating old documents to better understand the violence of recent times.