Parting Colours

Goodbye has many faces. We say goodbye to the dead - to parents, siblings, a beloved wife. We say goodbye to friends, acquaintances, colleagues. < br> Does it help if one is present when one is dying? We know we're supposed to say goodbye to a loved one. But this knowledge is not in itself a farewell. Only time will make the goodbye. < i> Colours of farewell< /i> consists of nine short stories, the subject of which are serious events or moments in relationships that originate in the past but only come to light years later. It is only then that the parting either directly with the person in question or with one's own misconception of him...< br> Sometimes saying goodbye affects us deeply. And sometimes they set us free. Bernhard Schlink's new short story collection is a masterpiece: asks fundamental questions and does not hesitate to answer them.