“…Many types of yearnings fill these pages. Of the strongest ones is the longing for the faraway son, who’s serving in the army. He appears in the first and the third part, always described with affection and care.
Another recurring subject is the determination and solidarity of athletes. The character’s team, unsurprisingly, gets a name related to dogs and is compared to dogs. “We panted. We said woof. We brushed our teeth on the sidewalk.”