The people Simon Freeling talks about are all going through a phase of change where the old life is no longer valid and the new life is not yet clearly defined. An unexpected event forces her to reevaluate her life. Some experience upheavals as fateful, others turn to them longingly in order to finally start over. A dying priest curses his priest's ring because he would have preferred to wear his wedding ring on his hand. A politician continues in office after being diagnosed with cancer as if nothing had happened. A Polish woman leaves her homeland despite the difficulties to live in prosperity in Germany and returns because she loves poverty more. A painter goes unrecognized until, during a journey, a foreign railway worker encounters a foreigner who admires his paintings. Simone Freeling speaks sensitively about this life and other lives in which success and failure are close together.
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