"Little Flower" is an elegant and realistic novella about modern-day relationships – that's over three pages. And suddenly, just a few moments after most of the characters have been introduced to us, the author – who has quietly positioned himself behind the reader's back – deals him a fatal blow and sets him a plot trap from which there is no way to escape. Let's start again: A man loses his job. His partner is the sole breadwinner, and he experiences life, leisure, and time in a, how to put it, new way. He cleans and cooks, invests heavily in his daughter's education, listens to forgotten records, but also invites us to a chilling, ingenious story. We often hear the terms "contemporary," "new" – and often the promise comes down to books in which the themes are subversive, the structure traditional, and the wording pedantic. Then we happily return to the beloved classics, knowing that there is nothing new under the sun. Well, that is not the case. Yossi Abilio, one of the most brilliant writers of our time, whose books are being translated by the best publishers in the world right now, presents us with a book that is a most impressive display of imagination, power, literary confidence, suspense, and originality. Finally, we would like to point out that even in an average family, with average aspirations and problems, living in an average apartment building in an average city – horror, insanity, drama, and the celebration of literature can be waiting for us just around the corner.