Real Fiction / Andrei Mahalean, translated by Liliana Popescu: (re)create your childhood

People don’t realize that when you’re a child, you’re free. Of course, you have a bedtime or you can’t eat sweets before lunch, but still, people don’t have high expectations of you so you can make mistakes without suffering serious consequences. If I were to change anything about my childhood, it would be to take advantage of that freedom. To be able to do anything without fear of what will …