Following the death of his sister, middle-aged Dr Graesler leaves his winter home in Lanzarote for a health resort in Germany, where he practised medicine for many years. There he meets the Schleheim family, and is particularly drawn to their daughter Sabine. But a simple, stilted courtship soon unravels a web of hushed-up suicide and illicit sexual liaisons.

Arthur Schnitzlers tumultuous psychodrama remains as startling now as it did on first publication.

Format: Paperback
Published: 2025
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Pages: 128
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0241746795
ISBN 13: 9780241746790