In the current situation in Ukraine, when people need great inner strength and mutual understanding in order to maintain joy and goodness, writers create new narratives calling for goodness and love. In the book Bera and Cucumber by A. Korotko (London, 2023), the Odesa narrative identity is presented as an identity that expresses itself in the desire to establish invisible forms of mutual support, manifesting itself in joy from the outside world, in unity with the Others. The daily flow of things implies a stable manifestation of joy to the world. Odesa citizens are people who care about little things, but it is with these little things that the most important thing is represented: love between characters, trust, and the ability to enjoy the world as a space of goodness, harmony, and happiness. The concept of happiness discussed in this article is literally poured into nature itself: the lives of the characters intersect with the sea; their world is supplemented by the elements and energies coming from the sun and the sea. This article examines how Korotko manages to show the concept of happiness, what means of artistic expression he uses.