The Whirlwind Particles of the World

“The Whirlwind Particles of the World” tells the story of Nastka, a musically gifted fifteen-year-old girl who sees sounds. Overwhelmed by the absence of her unknown father and a sense of being “weird,” she sees her synesthesia not as a gift but a burden. All she wants is to disappear — and after a serious accident that leaves her in a wheelchair, she nearly does. To recover, Nastka must undergo rehabilitation. Her well-meaning mother doesn’t know how to help. The solution becomes a stay with her uncle, who runs a foster home for teenagers in the mountains. There, Nastka enters a world where the wheelchair is just one of many problems — and unexpectedly, this gives her the strength to fight for herself. She is helped by a growing connection with a boy with Asperger’s Syndrome, for whom sound is everything. Through music, they discover first love — fragile, real, and redemptive.