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A tale of experience, past and present. In the 'ur-vind', or primordial attic, are stored not only relics from the story-teller's past, but also memories of those who inhabited the house where he was brought up. The 'ur-vind' is also the cosmic wind, and the story-teller's name - Daniel Urwind.

A family's vacation to their summer cottage retreat becomes an elegiac ode to an understanding of their own lives as a nuclear tragedy brings imminent doom

During his family's summer visit to the Punta de los Pinos twelve-year-old Johan becomes friends with Nora and Marvin, a mentally retarded boy

A fourteen-year-old Finnish boy experiences both pain and pleasure in his relationship with a retarded friend who possesses some rare insights

During his family's summer visit to Bow Island, twelve-year-old Johan becomes friends with a mentally retarded boy