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Bernhard Schlink’s stories show how parting can hurt or set people free. At each age, people gain and lose through love. They face broken trust and hard things from their past. Their hopes clash with the lives they lead. Good things can come to those with troubled lives. Bad choices can upset lives that had gone well. Love can show a way when all else fails. But it does not promise a happy end.

These short stories suit readers drawn to people’s inner lives. Schlink writes in plain prose, with suspense and sharp turns. He looks at ideals that people fail to live by.

Schlink was born in Bielefeld in 1944 and studied law. In 1992, he became a professor at Berlin’s Humboldt University. In 2006, he chose to write full time. For this edition, Mariana Bărbulescu translated the text from German. She also wrote the notes.