Tales of love and loneliness in which the author blends reality and illusion. “The quirkiness and grace of the writing, the originality of the imagination at work,...and a certain lovable nuttiness make this collection well worth reading” (Margaret Atwood). Translated by William Weaver, Peggy Wright, and Archibald Colquhoun. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

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Difficult Loves

Unfinished concrete apartments  ( Source .)  This is nearly 100 pages, compared with fewer than 10 for most of the Difficult Loves stories, reviewed above. The characters and writing style are similar - except this covers many months (though it felt like years). A hugely disappointing end to this volume, but I’ll keep it listed at 4* overall.

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