Everything Is Written on My Green Face

In Finnish, birch is koivu—this is the call sign of Sima’s new father, reeking of fish, smoked smoke, and fresh grass. And Sima also has a mother whom he loves very much. One day, under mysterious circumstances, she turns into a transparent water woman with seaweed instead of hair. How do you live on when a family secret constantly looms over you? Thoughts about the future are heavy and distant, like construction cranes stuck in the sky of someone else’s districts. But Sima has “San Serych Pushkin,” a friend of Ruppel, and the beautiful Elena.

If you’re familiar with Erland Lo’s hero “Naive. Super,” you’ll find plenty in common between him and Sima: lightness, joy, self-irony, and the ability to survive a difficult conflict without losing your sense of humor.