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, 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.