Desperate to find a cure for his depression, a young man forges an odd relationship with a disgraced scientist. The descendant of a refugee tells her family story using symbols instead of names. A lonely boy from a broken family finds solace in a television show hosted by a mysterious man. In these stories, equal parts sad and funny, Pablo Piñero Stillmann's characters lose themselves as they search for meaningful human connection. These are stories of chaos-internal and external-of chasing and escaping, of intense longing. Most of all, the nine stories in this book are portraits of people wrestling with their deepest flaws.