In Strange Gardens and Other Stories

by Peter Stamm

Book Overview

With the precision of a surgeon, Peter Stamm cuts to the heart of the fragile and revealing moments of everyday life.

They are bankers, students, mothers, or retirees. They live in New York City or somewhere in Switzerland, they work in London or Riga, they cross paths in a Fado bar in Lisbon. They breathe the banal routine of daily life. It is to these ordinary people that Peter Stamm grants center stage in his latest collection of short stories...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590511697
• ISBN13: 9781590511695
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Other Press (NY)
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 7.6"