Tag: short stories

The Summer House, Later

Every short story in Judith Hermann’s collection The Summer House, Later will leave you with a large range of emotions: melancholy, surprise, and also loneliness. It is almost impossible to just read this book, put it away and go on.

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Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams

If you thought Sylvia Plath was just poetry and The Bell Jar, think again and investigate this collection.

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The View from Castle Rock

An astonishing and poignant book that will resonate with all those of us with migrant ancestors.

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