family-and-fertility-anxieties

In this chapter, Landsman drives through the bleak, post-gambling district of Shvartsn-Yam to visit the Taytsh-Shemets family in their high-rise apartment. He interacts with Ester-Malke, who is secretly dealing with a possible pregnancy, and his godson Goldy, while reflecting on his own physical decline and the harsh realities of their environment. The chapter also introduces the mysterious dead man registered as Emanuel Lasker, hinting at a deeper investigation.