Download or read book Couples, Passersby written by Botho Strauss and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short stories on ephemeral relationships. The protagonists pair off, only to find themselves more isolated than they were before, love turns to indifference and lovers into strangers. The cause? Selfishness.