Grösser als du: Kurzgeschichten - Hardcover

Sutter, Veronika

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3859904213 ISBN 13: 9783859904217

Publisher: Edition 8, 2021

Synopsis

They are called Gloria, Helen or Gino. They live with a secret because shame or denial prevents them from talking about what is happening behind their apartment doors. Without knowing it, they share the experience of dependence, violence and oppression. They are also in relationship to each other, whether as (ex) partner, girlfriends, neighbours or relatives. They bend their reality to justify their behavior, be it des- potic, overlapping or patient. Larger than you tells her stories from different perspectives and at different times of her biography. Traces that leave the bad connections appear as well as whimsical moments, such as when the dominant mother of the inhibited taxidermist Alexander gives up her mind with her face in the soup. Sometimes it is an unexpected turn that makes a liberation possible, sometimes it is ruthless insight and the belief in a love that neither wants to own nor subjugate. "It is conceivable that there is something that is quite big and quite good," says Huali in the cover story. For Caro, this great is the moment of reconciliation with what she has done. And Alexander, Leni or Ursula also find a way to self-determination. For Gloria and others, the two big women's strikes in Switzerland give the impetus to act. In the years between 1991 and 2019, the 16 narratives in this book also play.

Edition details

• Publisher: Edition 8
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: German
• ISBN 10: 3859904213
• ISBN 13: 9783859904217
• Binding: Hardcover