A troubled villager flees to the city’s comfortable anonymity – a respite that’s shattered by the appearance of his boyhood love, her husband, and child. “Fierce and distinctive.” – Kirkus Reviews.
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First U.S. publication. In spare, elegant prose, this modern novella recounts a troubled young villager’s flight to the comfortable anonymity of a city – a respite that’s shattered by the appearance of his boyhood love, along with husband and child. “Many of Kristof’s stark vignettes, reported in unflinching detail . . . have a cool, disturbing power – part documentary-like, part surreal – that is fierce and distinctive.” – Kirkus Reviews.
| Weight | 0.142 kg |
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| Dimensions | 20.3 × 12.7 × 0.8 cm |
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| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | 102 |
| Language | English |
| Edition | Dover edition |
| Dewey | 843.914 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
