Gute Enden

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“die stahlträger sinken in die berge zurück
mit einem knirschen
das nur vernimmt wer stillhält
an einem montagmorgen wie diesem”

-wintersonne und du kauerst im ruhrgebiet, p. 109

Can verses about dashed hopes give hope? Can one learn to carry on from not learning?
Despite everything, can we find allies and comfort between lines and friendships? Even friends and dancing? On graves? This new volume by Max Czollek says yes and no. Right through the present.

Czollek, Max. Gute Enden. Verlagshaus Berlin (2024)


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