There are stories here that are so exceptional, so inspiring, so creative, they made me rethink everything I thought I knew about fiction. Stories like Clouds, The Woman From Porto Pim, Night, Sea, or Distance, and The Trains that go to Madras. These are among the best of Tabucchi's short work in my opinion, and well worth the price of the volume. Other stories maybe not so much but then, I might be commenting on their translations, I don't know. This is a collaborative publication. The stories are translations done by 7 different writers.

I am still a dedicated Tabbuchi follower. This book took me a long time to get through only because it had taken me some time to settle into a routine after moving from the US to Spain. What a great companion this book has been for my circumstance, however. Tabucchi is nothing of not a European artist.