Kategorie: Book Planet: Stories and Excerpts
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Dreams of Death and Decay
Zacharias Mbizo’s Dream Worlds/4 This stage of the journey through Zacharias Mbizo’s literary dream worlds is not for the faint-hearted. We are travelling right into the realm of Death! Stormy Day As soon as you open the windows, the wind, indulging in the rampage of its lament outside, ruffles your…
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Autumn Dreams
Autumn days are often shrouded in fog. Sometimes, however, they are bathed in the softer light of the fading year. Then they can radiate an almost motherly kind of comfort. Indian Summer The smile that recently had run away from you suddenly lay at your door again. Shivering, it asked…
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Winter Dreams
Zacharias Mbizo’s Dream Worlds/2 As the name suggests, these literary miniatures take us to a wintry setting. On the coldest day of the year, we will encounter God. – Will he comfort us with his warmth? Or has he, too, frozen to death in this cold world? Winterly Seclusion On…
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Dreams about Dreams
Zacharias Mbizo’s Dream Worlds/1. At first glance, the language of dreams seems enigmatic to us. However, if we are willing to engage with their peculiar logic, they can help us see things more clearly. This is all the more true when they are a mirror of our own depths. Midnight…
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The Dropout
Conversation with Paula: Talk about Economic Growth „You mean we have to distrust each other in order to live together in peace? But what if we end up being devoured by the inner beast that we have to set free for our constant readiness to fight?“ Picture: aul Müller-Kaempff (1861…
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The Inter-Island Police. Talk about War and Military
Conversations with Paula 10 „Doesn’t your eternal growth lead you to live in a permanent provisional arrangement? And aren’t all the things that your growth produces actually a shackle for you? Wouldn’t you be happier without them?“ Picture: Arnold Böcklin (1827 – 1901): TheWar (1896); Staatliche KunstsammlungenDresden, Galerie Neue Meister…
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