The novel “Mirages” is a longlist entry for the “Book Therapy – 2023” contest in the “Major Prose” category. But do real love have straight, even paths? Why do we sometimes have to search for a long time and persistently for the road to a heart that feels like home? And how can you tell dizzying passion apart from a deep feeling? The novel’s heroes sometimes simply have to wait and believe, and sometimes they have to overcome thousands of kilometers to find love and answers to the most burning questions of existence. So where is real love—out there beyond the horizon, or very close, just stretch out your hand? Is it possible to preserve love at a distance—and is it really love?