A spellbinding short story collection by one of Austria’s most critically acclaimed authors. 

A man becomes obsessed with observing his neighbours. A large family gathers for Christmas only to wait for the one member who never turns up. An old woman lures a man into her house where he finds dolls resembling himself as a boy. Mesmerizing and haunting stories about loss of identity in the modern world.
 

Why Peirene chose to publish this book:
“I love Kafka and here we have a Kafkaesque sense of alienation - not to mention narrative experiments galore! Outwardly normal events slip into drama before they tip into horror. These oblique tales exert a fascinating hold over the reader.” Meike Ziervogel
 

Translated from Austrian German by Tess Lewis.

110pp, Paperback with Flaps, £8.99
ISBN 978-0-9562840-5-1
ebook 978-0-9562840-9-9