CANCAN ON THE GLASS FLOOR

In Krisztina Tóth’s stories, ordinary people appear in ordinary moments of their lives—children play store with old coins, a retired history teacher draws a number at the post office, a harlequin ladybug appears in the garden, a judo coach takes his students to the theater, two former classmates run into each other at the bus stop—and magic happens: a piece of their lives is revealed—their past, their future, their possibilities, and their impossibilities. Situations and fates that are funny, ridiculous, sad, painful, or even tragic. The stories in *Can-Can on the Glass Floor* are set in Hungary—in a modern hospital, a school, a village, a city—amidst the current political and economic conditions, yet Krisztina Tóth takes such a leap from reality that she remains true to the truth: she expands this space and time, and sheds light on tiny details in such a way that the whole picture emerges. And we cry and laugh in turn.