Mrs Sartoris - Tapa blanda

"'A story of rupture and revenge... Schmitter captures precisely the nuances of sexual obsession.' Literary Review; 'A triumph of understated emotion.' Independent; 'A modern-day Madame Bovary... suspense saturates this novel.' Daily Telegraph"

Part confessional, part thriller, Elke Schmitter's explosive first novel is the story of Margaret. Jilted by a rich boyfriend when only eighteen, she finds herself many years later married, with a daughter, to Ernst, a war veteran with a penchant for routine and order. Living out her days in a small German village she is emotionally frozen, until one day she embarks on passionate affair with a married man. Planning to run away with him, she seems unaware that her plan is a fantasy that can never come true, and similarly unaware of the shocking repercussions that could result from chasing such a dream.