A postal worker is suspected of committing a robbery at the rural office where she works alone.

When I Close My Eyes

The protagonist is a young man, a former athlete, now a gym teacher. He is essentially a disappointed idealist who distances himself from the world and himself with irony and self-irony. His indifferent attitude towards life undergoes a slight change when he meets the headmistress of the rural school where he also teaches.

The Village Teacher

A chemical analyst and a supermarket clerk strike up a friendship after they are brought together by the death of an elderly woman.