Summary

In Chapter 15, Bekim lost the viper and the cat. In Chapter 16, Bekim went back to Prishtina from the village and stayed in a hotel for a week. He met a man, Ardi, online. They had coffee and then went to Bekim’s hotel and had sex. When they finished, Ardi revealed that he was married with two kids. In “1999: Salvation,” Bajran robbed a supermarket with his friend in order to get tickets back to Kosovo.

In Chapter 17, Bekim got on a plane going back to Finland. He was terrified of planes. Once the plane was in the air, he started talking to his neighbor, an attractive man named Sami. In “2000-2004: Years and Cigarettes,” the war in Kosovo ended and people in Finland expected the family to move back home but they did not fit in at home either. Bajran started having...