Essays (excerpts) | German | Germany
November, 2010The entries that make up Dinge, die verschwinden (Things That Disappear) originated in part as columns that novelist, short-story writer, and theater director Jenny Erpenbeck published in the respected German daily, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. This work is a reflection on farewells, gathered under such headings as Men, A Simple Life, the Warsaw Ghetto, Words, Cemetery Visits, Garbage, and Memories. A blend of grief, melancholy, and humor, Dinge, die verschwinden assembles slivers of daily life into a portrait of the transience of life.
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