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The correspondence between Carrie Allsop and David Mayer reveals, piece by piece, the painful details of a devastating affair between their spouses. With each commiserating scratch of the pen, they confess their fears and bare their souls. They share the bewilderment over how things went so wrong and come to wonder where to go from here. Told entirely through the letters of two comforting strangers and those of two illicit lovers, Evidence of the Affair explores the complex nature of the heart. And ultimately, for one woman, how liberating it can be when it’s broken.

In modern society writing a letter, on paper, is almost unheard of. We all scribble notes and reminders but very rarely compose our thoughts in lengthy prose for another person to read. In this volume our talented authors bring us a plethora of narratives that centre themselves on how vital a few lines are to characters navigating through the twists and turns of a story.

Il racconto - che fa parte della raccolta 'Arabeschi' e 'Racconti di Pietroburgo' - scritto in prima persona nella forma di un diario, narra la progressiva discesa nella follia del burocrate Aksentij Ivanovic. Attratto dalla bella figlia del suo direttore, e volendo sapere qualcosa di più sul conto di lei, Aksentij Ivanovic sottrae le lettere che sarebbero state scritte dalla cagnolina Maggie, nelle quali egli crede di leggere tutto il disinteresse della ragazza verso di lui.