“Fear, in practically all cultures, is felt as something shameful—something that you have to overcome all the time. I really want people, while reading this book, to allow themselves to be afraid. So they don’t have to be ashamed of their fears—for their family, for work, of being late or looking silly, of loneliness, of nature’s elements, or of putting the stress in the wrong place. This is a very funny text, not about fear—but about the time in which we live.” (E. Grishkovets)