Category: Published in Volume 10 of the Garnett translations

“Frost” is a delicate portrait of a small town winter party.  The title refers to bitter cold weather the town experiences on the day of the party: “28 degrees of frost.” (Which to an American reader translates, I think, to 4 degrees fahrenheit.)  Some of the towns’ leaders wonder if the festival should be canceled;…

This is a classic, and well done. It’s the story of a man who, during his daughter’s wedding, ducks into the kitchen to check on the preparation of the meal, and smacks his lips over the fish. A guest comes in, hears him smacking his lips, and jokes that he must have been kissing the…

A small town erupts in a panic for no reason.