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“My condition excluded so much that
for months, I felt like I did not exist. I lost her over night
without having even for a moment considered the possibility. So
many things were left unsaid. You and Frida, you held each
other in your arms and cried for her together. I stood at that
grave and she was in it and a huge piece of myself was buried
with her. I survived her. I assume that this was my biggest
problem. What would my life be worth from then on? Emotions can
quickly turn into conditions that are capable of determining
everything. I can now talk about it here with you because that
feeling is suddenly displaced by a new one, and the old feeling
is losing its weight. I am not to blame for either of them. I
did not choose them deliberately.”
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Ursula Hentschlaeger
Lost & Found
Novel, 2001
With illustrations by
Zelko Wiener
Madeleine and Paul meet on the night train
to Zurich. They have entirely different reasons for travelling,
and it is only due to their trust in their past friendship that
makes them talk about themselves with growing openness. Their
encounter becomes the basis of an engagement with events from
their common past. Their shared point of view makes them
rediscover the stories of their friends' lives. The pain, joy,
failure and new starts involved also make the two identify
their own points of view with ever greater intensity.
Vienna: Triton 2001
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