A fiction book. The collection of short stories The beautiful world scratches the familiar surface, reveals something different. There, beauty is found in surprising places, it’s touchingly painful. What is the person behind the changing roles, names, memories, letters?

“Mom, there’s no mirror here, it’s empty.”

Kaunis Maailma is the first collection of short stories by the Chinese-born Finnish author TaoLin. Previously, TaoLin has written two novels and two poetry collections. TaoLin’s first novel Suomen taivaan alla was nominated for first book by Helsingin Sanomat in 2008.