num_pages: 172
description: Brussels the first decade of the 21st century.In the heart of the European quarter a disillusioned civil servant asks himself what he is doing stranded on a rain-swept roundabout with a Commissioner and a pig. When night falls on the same streets a young hedonist is drawn into a vengeful game that threatens to turn fatal. What is he being punished for? And why can't he run?Nine young people traverse the buildings bars and boulevards of Brussels. Nothing constrains their freedom but is nothing a reason to stay? In a city of transitory people and multiple identities they must choose over and over again.The Meantime will take you on nine vivid journeys through a city and a stage of life where nothing is permanent  except transition.The Meantime is a collection of short stories by nine young writers: Edina Dci Olivier Gbezera Nick Jacobs Ylenia Maitino Enrique Medarde Sybille Regout Monica Western Alfredo Zucchi and Dany G. Zuwen
language: English
title: The Meantime - Nine Short Stories From Brussels
publisher: Brussels Creative Writers