The tales of Arthur Schnitzler-especially as rendered in Margret Schaefer's clear, uncluttered translations-are many suggestive, allusive, and dreamlike things. But they are most certainly not the work of a period writer.

Chris Lehmann, The Instrumentalist

This extraordinary portrayal of psychic shock and disintegration is, simply, one of the greatest modern short novels.

Kirkus Reviews

In Margret Schaefer's superb translations Arthur Schnitzler re-emerges as a riveting storyteller.

Sandra M. Gilbert

These three dark novellas show Schnitzler's mastery as a guide to the neurotic, death-obsessed world of fin-de-siècle Vienna.

Robert Alter

Schnitzler and Schaefer–a perfect marriage, made in Vienna.

Frederick Crews, University of California, Berkeley

One reads the stories with suspense, pleasure, amusement.... [Schnitzler] can be read with pleasure and ease.

The New York Times