21 stories - some longer, some minimalist - written in the shadow of WW II by a man of great and discerning sensitivity. The stories are in turn piercingly ironic, nostalgic, tender, funny, melancholic; all are haunting. No wonder he won the Nobel Prize. (Don't be put off by the rather contrived and self-conscious first pages - it all makes sense later.)
(Annabel Bedini - bwl 16 December 2002 ) |
