Marlene Streeruwitz

A woman on her way home. She’s coming from the funeral of her best friend, which happened six hours ago, and now, in traffic, she is constantly thinking of Lilli. How she handled men, her lifelong relationships, her family, the children, the many small and big lies, escaping into affairs, how she dealt with her terminal disease. And how the chains around Lilli grew tighter and tighter. “She was so concerned about taking dying seriously that she overlooked death.”
Marlene Streeruwitz examines a piece of life in this dense, compelling tirade. There are many of these, but: “No one else can narrate as densely, as fast, as captivatingly as Marlene Streeruwitz, .” (Süddeutsche Zeitung)