Five powerful stories exploring identity and selfhood. With haunting, Kafkaesque prose, Emanuela Barasch-Rubinstein creates a series of profound, internal narratives.

A young refugee washes up unconscious on the beach of a small island inhabited by no one but Samuel, an old lighthouse keeper. Unsettled, Samuel is soon swept up in memories of his former life on the mainland: a life that saw his country suffer, then fight for independence, only to fall to a cruel dictator; he recalls his own part in its history.

A gripping series of moments - painful, loving, desperate - Rescuing Barbara is a bitterly funny, and even lyrical story about the inherent dangers of detachment ... and a reminder that predators are everywhere, waiting to fill in the gaps.