Mishangel

“Mishangel” by Yulia Linde is a modern fairy tale about a miracle and parting with childhood. One day, the boy Misha wakes up and discovers that real wings have grown behind his back! And the wings aren’t just for show—they really let him fly! But bored adults are somehow unhappy and try very hard to make Misha become an ordinary boy again. Doctors can’t figure it out: a genetic mutation, angelopathy of the shoulder joints, or a complication from bird flu? A video of flying Misha racks up three billion one hundred twenty-eight million views on YouTube. The boy is taken to the hospital, where he waits for surgery to remove the wings—but they keep calling him to fly to somewhere unknown…