Lying in bed in Gotland after a writer`s conference, thinking about his compulsive desire to travel
- & the uncomfortable tensions this desire creates
- the narrator of Salki starts recounting tragic stories of his family`s past, detailing their lives, struggles, & fears in twentieth-century Eastern Europe. In these pieces, he investigates various `salkis`
- attic rooms where memories & memorabilia are stored
- real & metaphorical, investigating old documents to better understand the violence of recent times.