Ever get the feeling that things aren’t quite what they seem, but you can’t put a finger on exactly what it is? That’s the situation facing many of the characters in this collection. They haven’t swallowed the red pill, but life as they know it has somehow shifted in a direction they can’t fully control. Leading the way is the brilliant neurosurgeon who questions her perception of the world in Lili Horvát’s impressively unnerving ‘Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time’. Alongside her are characters obsessed by doppelgängers, who employ subterfuge to cushion their existence, hide secrets from loved ones or take on the identity of others as a way to find solace in their own existence.
