Mrs. Sartoris (Vintage) - Tapa blanda

"Taut and absorbing. . . . This pulsing psychological portrait . . . is hard not to consume in one sitting." -The New York Times Book Review

"Outstanding. . . . This cool first-person confessional . . . is a study in inner fragility and surface toughness." -Ali Smith, The Times Literary Supplement

"Subtle. . . . Clear-eyed. . . . It is certainly a pleasure to read such a well-styled, level-headed novel. . . . It deserves success." -The Guardian

"Riveting. Schmitter has reworked a great novel into a new and unique shape." -The Boston Globe

After being dumped by her rich boyfriend, Margarethe marries Ernst, a war veteran, and settles into a comfortable life in a small German village, but disaffection is not far away, and Margarethe soon finds herself embroiled in a potentially dangerous affair with a married man. A first novel. Reprint.