The Croatian writer Dubravka Ugresico (1949-2023) suffered the end of Yugoslavia and went into exile to end her days in the Netherlands, after a nomadic life teaching at universities all over the world. One day, when she was already a mature woman, an admirer of her books left her a house with a garden not far from Zagreb, her city. At first, she thought about giving it up, but the inheritance tax was very low, so she accepted. She went, explored the area, put up curtains, and even shared it with Bojan, who had left his career as a judge to deactivate the many mines that still remained in the area, vestiges of the terrible Balkan War.