Never before translated short storiesstark and haunting (San Francisco Chronicle)by the legendary genius gota Kristf

Here, in English at last, is a collection of gota Kristfs shortsometimes very shortstories, which she selected herself, translated by the peerless Chris Andrews. Written immediately before her masterful trilogy (The Notebook, The Proof, The Third Lie), Kristofs short fictions oscillate between parable, surrealist anecdotes, and stories animated by a realism stripped to the bone, often returning to the theme of exile: the twin impossibilities of returning home and of reconstructing home elsewhere.

The world of the book has very hard edges: cruelty is almost omnipresent, peace and consolation are scarce. Austere and minimalist, but with a poetic force that shifts the walls in the readers mind, Kristofs penetrating short fictions make for extraordinary and essential reading.