The short stories in this collection, from the tale of the idle young
man dawdling pleasantly in Venice to the Romanian villager meditating
revenge on his tormentor, draw on the author's experiences of life,
love, sacrifice, betrayal and courage, and reveal, as a recurring
leitmotif, an indomitable will to survive.
Evocative short stories set in Europe and Transylvania between the two
world wars.