Love Keeps Us on Earth

This collection includes previously published texts.

These are kind, ironic stories about women who live “as it turns out,” remember “as it was,” dream “as it should be,” and know how to laugh even when inside there are tears. Here, quiet bitterness from losses exists side by side with amusing household mishaps and tender moments when nothing more than the scent of lilacs suddenly brings back the feeling of happiness. Metlitskaya gently and precisely reminds us: love is in the little things, in memory, in people—and it is precisely love that helps us stay grounded.

A new collection of stories by the acclaimed author of contemporary prose!

“Not a single person whose fate—let it be for a minute, let it be for a short moment—has brushed against ours is ever accidental. And these stories are no exception. They show us what it is that holds us on this earth.” — Мария Метлицкая