A review by mattleesharp
Maybe This Time by Alois Hotschnig, Tess Lewis

3.0

These stories grapple with the ideas of identity and loneliness. Every family seems to have a hole in it. Every child is stripped of wonder and made to see the world for a sad and repetitive place. The static things in the stories (a man whose identity changes, a couple lounging on their back porch, a woman's collection of dolls) were the most compelling. This was just a book with a big hole in the middle of it that everything slowly slips into. Some of the stories suffer because of it. The task of creating interesting stories where little happens and what does is inevitable was just too great and probably also just doesn't stand up in translation.