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A little boy called Oliver moves into anÌýold house with a modern extension, where he lives in a luxury flat. He could useÌýa private lift if he wished, but he prefersÌýto go up and down the dingy stairs, where he loves to read and where he meetsÌýhis new neighbours. He is a year olderÌýin each successive story. In some, he just flashes past; in others he is the central character. Everybody knows him, although they often don’t know each other.ÌýThe tenement’s inhabitants would prefer to be islands, but this isn’t possible. They have too much in common. Stairs, steps, and holes in the ceiling.
The main themes of the book are neighbors, relationships, intergenerationalism and otherness.Ìý
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