The Empusium desperation

desperation

men i sin længsel efter at tegne og male gifter hun sig med Johan og drømmer om at leve et andet liv

‘Kærlighedens veje’ og vildveje” – Udkommer i Gyldendal Kolibri

Signe Gjessing

Le Guin insisterer på skønheden

The Empusium desperationIn September 1913, a young Pole suffering from tuberculosis arrives at Wilhelm Opitzs Guesthouse for Gentlemen, a health resort in the Silesian mountains. Every evening the residents gather to imbibe the hallucinogenic local liqueur and debate the great issues of the day: monarchy or democracy? Do devils exist? Are women born inferior? War or peace? Meanwhile, disturbing things are happening in the guesthouse and the surrounding hills. Someone or