The newest novel by Zaza Burchuladze is written in the wake of the events of August 2008. A “small victorious war”, beneficial to politicians of both countries, turned into a deep trauma for ordinary people. No, neither in reality nor in the pages of the book smokes ruins and does not pile up corpses. This strange war remains, as it were, behind the scenes, but is invisibly present in thought as an obsessive neurosis. The Relaxed Life of the Southern City , Dolce Far Niente Golden Tbilisi Youth , A glass of white wine , forgotten by someone in an iPod cafe, It's not a big deal ,. Sunglasses , in which a close cloud is reflected - all this sweet nonsense suddenly ceases to have at least some meaning. When a fighter jet flies in the sky . Probably, this life was not real before the war, just the war, also small and unreal, revealed its illusoryness. Translated by Guram Sanikidze