Every avalanche starts with a聽delicate snowflake.聽聽The narrator of this novella records his wife鈥檚 gradual loss of memory while reminiscing on聽their common past聽and musing on avalanches, birthmarks, names and how they relate to personality, on body and soul as well as bilabial consonants in the language of聽the indigenous Menominee of North America...聽In this, perhaps his best-loved work, Vilikovsk媒 combines a聽light narrative touch with a unique dissection of the subtlest shades of the human soul, a聽melancholy humour and, above all, a聽genuine mastery of the literary craft.聽聽