Kategorie: Stories and excerpts

  • The Maid Automaton

    The Maid Automaton

    Excerpt from Nadja Dietrich’s Novel Emperor’s Eyrie For his research at the conference hotel, which was built at the legendary site of „Emperor’s Eyrie“, Carlo slips into the role of a maid – a completely new experience for him. So this is what life as a maid feels like. It’s…

  • The Monastery Library

    The Monastery Library

    Excerpt from Nadja Dietrich’s Novel Emperor’s Eyrie His search for clues to the secret of „Emperor’s Eyrie“ leads Carlo, the protagonist of Nadja Dietrich’s novel Emperor’s Eyrie, to an imposing monastery library – a gigantic monument to the spirit. Anyone entering this library is inevitably carried away to higher spheres.…

  • The Language of Nature

    The Language of Nature

    Excerpt from Nadja Dietrich’s Novel Emperor’s Eyrie The multifaceted language of forms with which nature testifies to its playful creative power on a small as well as on a large scale is particularly pronounced in the mountains. Turk’s cap lily, green-winged and lady’s slipper orchid … All these tentative attempts…

  • The Mountain World – Sublime and Terrifying at the Same Time

    The Mountain World – Sublime and Terrifying at the Same Time

    Excerpt from Nadja Dietrich’s Novel Emperor’s Eyrie The sublime and the terrible – nowhere are they closer than in the mountains. This applies to the mountains themselves, but also to our dealings with them. Isn’t it strange that people can find the mountain world beautiful? A world that was not…

  • A Mountain Hike

    A Mountain Hike

    Excerpt from Nadja Dietrich’s Novel Emperor’s Eyrie Part 2 of Nadja Dietrich’s novel Kaiserhorst is set in the mountains. These are therefore also a recurring starting point for philosophical reflections. An evening in the village pub: the male choral society gives a demonstration of its skills. Vibrating voices, great pathos.…

  • Art and the Mountains

    Art and the Mountains

    Excerpt from Nadja Dietrich’s Novel Emperor’s Eyrie After escaping from the psychiatric ward, Carlo, the protagonist of Nadja Dietrich’s novel Emperor’s Eyrie, retreats to a remote mountain hut. There he also regains the strength to devote himself to his work as a painter. The relativising effect of the mountains has…