“I had nothing against dead people. They simply don’t exist for me,” is emblazoned on the back of this self-published novella, which has just been reissued at: Lütfiye Güzel writes “damned poetry hidden in terse language”!
In her search for meaning between Neukölln and Duisburg-Marxloh, the author, who was once described as the “Ingeborg Bachmann of the Ruhr Valley”, resists any sentimentality. Witty and / or resigned, she sets off on her journey.