The Summer House, Later

JUDITH HERMANN

The Summer House, Later

Translated from the German by

Margot Bettauer Dembo

Copyright

These stories are works of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in them are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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First published in Great Britain by Flamingo 2001

First published in German by S. Fischer Verlag as Sommerhaus, Später 1998

Copyright © S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt-am-Main 1998

Copyright in English translation © Margot Bettauer Dembo 2001

Judith Hermann asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

Margot Bettauer Dembo asserts the moral right to be identified as the translator of this work

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Source ISBN: 9780007115754

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Version: 2016-08-10

Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

The Red Coral Bracelet

Hurricane (Something Farewell)

Sonja

The End of Something

Bali Woman

Hunter Tompson Music

The Summer House, Later

Camera Obscura

This Side of the Oder

Keep Reading

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Praise

About the Publisher

Dedication

For F.M. and M.M.

The doctor says, I’ll be alright but I’m feeling blue

Tom Waits

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