In fremden Gärten

"In Foreign Gardens" is a collection of stories, each one a book in its own right, told with such density, brilliance, and nuance by Peter Stamm, who is compared to greats like Raymond Chandler and Richard Ford following his major successes "Agnes," "Seven Years," and "Seerücken." The protagonists come from the most diverse backgrounds. They live in pairs, alone, have families and children, or not. Some are young, others old. All of them are on their way somewhere, all seem to be waiting for something. For a train or a ship, for a gesture of love, or simply for the end, like the sick travelers on their way to Lourdes. Life stories that one would not want to miss.