The Sweet Indifference of the World

by Peter Stamm

Book Overview

In this alluring, melancholic novel--Peter Stamm at his best--a writer haunted by his double blurs the line between past and present, fiction and reality, in his attempt to outrun the unknown.

"Please come to Skogskyrkog rden tomorrow at 2. I have a story I want to tell you." Lena agrees to Christoph's out-of-the-blue request, though the two have never met. In Stockholm's Woodland Cemetery, he tells her his story, which is also...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590519795
• ISBN13: 9781590519790
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Other Press (NY)
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 7.9"