Frithjof. A Non-Story for Grown-Ups (Who Have Not Grown Up)

Frithjof. A Non-Story for Grown-Ups (Who Have Not Grown Up)
Cyril Ioutsen

Frithjof is someone you might have never met and might never meet. But you know him all the same. He certainly knows you (although he does not care who you are). It makes no difference to him if you read this book or not.

Frithjof

A Non-Story for Grown-Ups (Who Have Not Grown Up)

Cyril Ioutsen

Illustrator Tatyana Knyazeva

Illustrator Irina Sayfiydinova

Photograph Anna Lenina

© Cyril Ioutsen, 2023

© Tatyana Knyazeva, illustrations, 2023

© Irina Sayfiydinova, illustrations, 2023

© Anna Lenina, photos, 2023

ISBN 978-5-0059-6651-3

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I

This is Frithjof.

He does not know if he is a boy.

Or a beast.

Or some thing else.

Is he dangerous?

If only to himself.

You think

you do not

know him.

He thinks

he knows

you.

He might have

known you

for a while.

And well.

You think you do not see him. (Except here.)

He thinks he sees you. (A lot.)

Is he invisible?

Not quite.

He just dislikes

to be seen.

At least, directly.

Hiding among

your things.

Lurking behind

your back.

Locked up

in your head.

Maybe he is

not really here.

Or there.

Or elsewhere.

Does it matter?

Maybe