testingbooksandcoffee's review
4.0
I'm very impressed by this short story collection Peter Stamm has put together, it's quite a big short story collection packing in 22 stories but every story completely holds its own. The writing is simplistic but has a certain rhythm to it, that took me a while to get into, but it does pack a very emotional punch. From a story about a woman who alone lived in the woods when she was a child to a husband packing a suitcase for his wife who is in the hospital, I was invested in every single story. Very surprised and delighted to have found this gem.
"Once you tried to draw Anna from memory, your dear, sweet Anna. But as soon as you had the pencil in your hand, her face blurred. Your recollection was just a feeling. A feeling has no nose, no cheeks, no mouth."
"Once you tried to draw Anna from memory, your dear, sweet Anna. But as soon as you had the pencil in your hand, her face blurred. Your recollection was just a feeling. A feeling has no nose, no cheeks, no mouth."
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