“[A] sly metafictional novel…Stamm’s earnest questions about the interplay between life and art and the value of biography are leavened by his caustic wit. Readers will be transfixed.” —Publishers Weekly
Praise for Peter Stamm:
“Stamm’s prose (beautifully translated by Michael Hofmann) is plain but not so simple…A subtle but deadly style.” —Zadie Smith
“Peter Stamm is an extraordinary author who can make the ordinary absolutely electrifying…Hard to recommend too highly.” —Tim Parks
“A master writer…His prose…is as sharply illuminating as a surgical light.” —The Economist