'It must have been the snow. Snow has the power to move a soul, the atmosphere to bewitch - every year, the excitement of the first fall, like waking as a child once again, so perfect and unstoppable.' The short stories contained in this volume were written over a period of ten years, with locations shifting from England to Norway, from California to Greece, from Sweden to 1950s New York City. It is a collection of contrasts, conflicts and relationships. From the author of the novel, 'Modern man is ultra quick' and the short story collection, 'In the shallows', a new anthology of daring and provocative tales of fractured lives and of the interactions between people and places, 'The winter the snow was heaviest' is a collection as breathtaking and extreme as the seasons it is dedicated too.