All who are capable of breathing the breath

All Who Are Capable Of Breathing The Breath (Russian: Все, способные дышать дыхание) is a novel by Linor Goralik. It was first published in 2019 by AST publishing company.^[1] The novel was awarded the NOS, a Russian literary prize, in 2019,^[2][3][4][5] in the same year it was included in to the shortlists of the Big Book literary award^[6] and Andrei Bely Prize.^[7]

The plot of the novel follows casual life in Israel after the 'ason' (from Hebrew: catastrophe), a tragic event that has summoned bizarre phenomena to the world. These include the "Rainbow Disease", sandy storms called "busha-ve-hirpah", and, central to the story, the ability of animals to speak. Some of them (racoons, for example) learn quickly and become clever, while others remain animals, capable of speaking but unintelligent. It becomes necessary to coexist with animals and take their opinions into account. In these conditions animals are able to hate, suffer and think like people do. The plot of the story revolves around how people are to survive in this world and remain good people, and the difficulties some will encounter in attempting to do so.