“He can’t remember, but he still knows exactly where to find it on his bookshelf, books are willing to wait, he says… — Jenny Erpenbeck Books Copy Share Image
“This here is your inheritance, says the senior partner. Yes, he says, Ludwig, I know, and stows the plan for the bathing… — Jenny Erpenbeck Foresight Copy Share Image
“Have the people living here under untroubled circumstances and at so great a distance from the wars of others been afflicted with… — Jenny Erpenbeck Poverty Copy Share Image
“Home. When it rains, you can smell the leaves in the forest and the sand. It's all so small and mild, the… — Jenny Erpenbeck Dip Copy Share Image
“Quante volte bisogna tornare a imparare, a scoprire e a riscoprire ciò che già si sa, quanti travestimenti bisogna strappar via per… — Jenny Erpenbeck Copy Share Image
Nothing is nicer than diving with your eyes open. Diving down as far as the shimmering legs of your mother and father… — Jenny Erpenbeck Children Copy Share Image
“Home! he'd cried out like a child that would give anything not to be seeing what it was seeing, but precisely in… — Jenny Erpenbeck Children Copy Share Image
“How many times, he wonders, must a person relearn everything he knows, rediscovering it over and over, and how many coverings must… — Jenny Erpenbeck Knowledge Copy Share Image
Everything had kept getting less, they'd had to leave behind more and more baggage, or else it was taken from them, as… — Jenny Erpenbeck Age Copy Share Image
“The Wall had turned their street into a cul-de-sac where children roller-skated. Then in 1990 the Wall was cleared away piece by… — Jenny Erpenbeck Brothers and sisters Copy Share Image
Which means that in the end there are certain things you can take with you when you flee, things that have no… — Jenny Erpenbeck Certain Copy Share Image
“...but with each step you take while fleeing, your baggage grows less and less, with more and more left behind, and sooner… — Jenny Erpenbeck Journey Copy Share Image
“... it would be lovely if he and his wife would succeed in dying before the matter of inherited property was finally… — Jenny Erpenbeck Communication Copy Share Image
“To investigate how one makes the transition from a full, readily comprehensible existence to the life of a refugee, which is open… — Jenny Erpenbeck Immigration Copy Share Image
