You might well become dizzy when you read these unusual stories …

If you can, read a book by Stangl. Or translate him. You won’t be sorry. If Stangl continues at this rate, he will become one of the language’s most important writers. Already he’s one of its best.

Bernhard Strobel’s narratives depict people in crises, tense atmospheres in the family, among friends or neighbours. We read dialogues on the verge of conflict, oscillating between belligerence and tight-lippedness.

A new literary discovery – Unterwegers novels are kaleidoscopes of living and loving.

»The Proust-inspired West German stylist« (New York Times)