Evelyn Schlag Architektur einer Liebe ( The Architecture of Love) Paul Zsolnay Verlag, August 2006, 368 pp ISBN: 3-552-05388-3 Those familiar with Evelyn Schlag's poetry - published by Carcanet in the prize-winning translation by Karen Leeder - will welcome the opportunity to sample her novel-writing skills as well. She dexterously handles the full palette of love in this latest volume, a most satisfying read to curl up with on an autumn evening, a glass of red wine perhaps within reach, as the story of successful Parisian architect Vittoria Monti unfurls. Her new project takes her to St Petersburg and the renovation of the Mariinsky Theatre. One day in the Eremitage she encounters a man she knows she must see again, and the eternal tale of the love of one's life, suppressed emotions and fear of happiness is presented to us once again. Schlag handles an age-old theme with aplomb and imbues it with all the freshness and excitement that falling in love brings.