Today book premiere by Marlene Streeruwitz "Days in May".

Everything is covered in the first sentence. "I'm going to pass away.

', she sobbed. "On the following 380 pages, it doesn't get any more dramatic.

Konstanze, a freelance translator who is 56 years old, does not pass away. She nevertheless endures suffering.

"The pain stemmed from everything, I guess. about everything that was and everything that wasn't.

the suffering caused by life in general. regarding all the painful things.

broadly speaking. the conflict.

the current conflict. That was supported by it.

The contours were made more precise. Cut with the expectations from the past.

crossed the desires over against the facts. No Streeruwitz book would be complete without the trademark staccato Streeruwitz voice.

Even though this time he circles around instead of pushing anything. the month of May.

" is a statement about the condition. a revelation.

We're not fine with it, but we're fine otherwise. Where there are intrusive chaplains rather than lockable doors, the author writes.

The student must restock the letterbox companies' mailboxes as part of her job as a receptionist in a home at a prestigious inner-city address. She spends her free time at climate demonstrations, which are actually a student's final art project and aim to expose racism and false news through demonstration performances.

In an effort to protest China's alleged promotion of Austria's artificial dehydration, Veronica attends art events while disguising herself as a raindrop. At the demonstrations, it stupidly rains constantly.

Marlene Streeruwitz occasionally injects humor and sarcasm into her topics, which are otherwise extremely serious. This holds true for a longer chapter as well, in which she interrupts the mother-daughter narrative and invents a South American telenovela for them to watch together on Netflix in the evenings.

You no longer remember the central theme of the highly unbelievable, extravagant plot after just two or three episodes. The two longer chapters, which, for example, lead Konstanze to Zurich for an appointment with a publisher where it is made clear to her in cryptic form how superfluous her work is, as well as the sequence of brief highlights from various perspectives, make clear that mother and daughter are stuck, feeling less like actors than (cornered) people.

Literary translations do not have the same issues that the culture industry, in general, and the small family publishing house, in particular, do. Straight to the point, two mother-daughter dialogue chapters make the point that it is challenging to have open conversations about shared struggles.

You manage nonetheless. This has not changed throughout the years, as is also made clear in a chapter that serves as a transition, in which Grandma Christl muses over whether she ought to write letters to her daughter and granddaughter.

When it comes down to it, the mother and daughter are once more talking over one another. The daughter, however, has changed her mind.

She doesn't want to talk; she just wants to live. "See, you.

simply maintaining that way of life. Somehow.

Moreover, with a future. You're aware?" (SERVICE - Marlene Streeruwitz: "Days in May.

dialogue in the Roman language. ", S.Fischer Verlag, 384 pages, 26.70 euros, book debut this evening, January 23, at 7 p.m.

m. situated in Vienna's Alte Schmiede.

Updated readings as of January 26. , 7 p.

m. Literary House in Graz; 30.1.

, 7:30:00 p. m.

Literature Forum Reading Lamp Salzburg Literature Forum) This hasn't altered over the years, as is also made clear in a chapter that serves as a transition, in which Grandma Christl muses over whether she ought to write letters to her daughter and granddaughter. When it comes down to it, the mother and daughter are once more talking over one another.

The daughter, however, has changed her mind. She doesn't want to talk; she just wants to live.

"See, you. simply maintaining that way of life.

Somehow. Moreover, with a future.

You're aware?" (SERVICE - Marlene Streeruwitz: "Days in May. dialogue in the Roman language.

", S.Fischer Verlag, 384 pages, 26.70 euros, book premiere today, January 23, 7 p. m.

situated in Vienna's Alte Schmiede. Updated readings as of January 26.

, 7 p. m.

Literary House in Graz; 30.1. , 7:30:00 p.

m. Literature Forum Reading Lamp Salzburg Literature Forum) This hasn't altered over the years, as is also made clear in a chapter that serves as a transition, in which Grandma Christl muses over whether she ought to write letters to her daughter and granddaughter.

When it comes down to it, the mother and daughter are once more talking over one another. The daughter, however, has changed her mind.

She doesn't want to talk; she just wants to live. "See, you.

simply maintaining that way of life. Somehow.

Moreover, with a future. You're aware?" (SERVICE - Marlene Streeruwitz: "Days in May.

dialogue in the Roman language. ", S.Fischer Verlag, 384 pages, 26.70 euros, book debut this evening, January 23, at 7 p.m.

m. situated in Vienna's Alte Schmiede.

Updated readings as of January 26. , 7 p.

m. Literary House in Graz; 30.1.

, 7:30:00 p. m.

Whether or not she should write letters to her daughter and granddaughter is a question that is addressed to Salzburg Literature Forum, Reading Lamp. When it comes down to it, the mother and daughter are once more talking over one another.

The daughter, however, has changed her mind. She doesn't want to talk; she just wants to live.

"See, you. simply maintaining that way of life.

Somehow. Moreover, with a future.

You're aware?" (SERVICE - Marlene Streeruwitz: "Days in May. dialogue in the Roman language.

", S.Fischer Verlag, 384 pages, 26.70 euros, book debut this evening, January 23, at 7 p.m. m.

situated in Vienna's Alte Schmiede. Updated readings as of January 26.

, 7 p. m.

Literary House in Graz; 30.1. , 7:30:00 p.

m. Whether or not she should write letters to her daughter and granddaughter is a question that is addressed to Salzburg Literature Forum, Reading Lamp.

When it comes down to it, the mother and daughter are once more talking over one another. The daughter, however, has changed her mind.

She doesn't want to talk; she just wants to live. "See, you.

simply maintaining that way of life. Somehow.

Moreover, with a future. You're aware?" (SERVICE - Marlene Streeruwitz: "Days in May.

dialogue in the Roman language. ", S.Fischer Verlag, 384 pages, 26.70 euros, book debut this evening, January 23, at 7 p.m.

m. situated in Vienna's Alte Schmiede.

Updated readings as of January 26. , 7 p.

m. Literary House in Graz; 30.1.

, 7:30:00 p. m.

Reading Lamp for Literature Forum Salzburg Literature Forum).

Literature Forum Reading Lamp Salzburg Literature Forum) This hasn't altered over the years, as is also made clear in a chapter that serves as a transition, in which Grandma Christl muses over whether she ought to write letters to her daughter and granddaughter.