Published as 'Modellfliegen' in dutch, model airplanes I guess, I think it will be a novella requiring a second read quite soon. It starts off as quite a charming story about how a small family find an alternative means of making a living, but that slides into something more complex involving memory and history. I don't think I quite caught everything. On some levels this little book almost works as a volume of short stories. The atmosphere of intimacy at times is quite powerful, and the sensation of being a child in an adult world, and there are some undercurrents I want to revisit. ( )