Blitzeis

For many years, we lamented the absence of short stories. Now we have an author who expresses the feeling of absolute loneliness and speechlessness. They are young and independent, lonely or a seemingly perfect couple. They are searching for something but find nothing; their lives momentarily shift or suddenly come to a standstill. The only observer is the first-person narrator: cool and detached, waiting, smoking. Peter Stamm captures sharp snapshots of fleeting happiness and the longing for change in his stories. 'Blitzeis' tells love stories in vivid images, stories that capture our times.