The Summer House, Later

Coral bracelets 'as red as rage' from Russian lovers; a sad old woman who nonetheless 'sometimes sang and winked with her left eye and laughed till the tears came'; country houses 'away from Berlin, linden trees out front, chestnuts in the back, sky above'. The Summer House, Later is an elegant, measured, reflective collection of stories which captures beautifully the promise of bright colours lying just out of reach of our grey daily routines."Exquisite, powerful...often spellbinding." SCOTLAND ON SUNDAYTales of impressive quality and formidable originality...The feel throughout is of considerable narrative energy controlled by a cool, calming intelligence." SUNDAY TIMESAn imaginative world of luminous clarity...The Summer House, Later is a work of vision, authority and humaneness - something to be savoured." TLS"Many writers have attempted to write about the essential moments of life in which everything happens, yet few have achieved the terrifying, numbing accuracy of Judith Hermann." IRISH TIMES