The real question is: How sturdy and solid is the floor our civilization stands on? How many lives with no prospects, shattered and senseless, can it bear the weight of before it cracks somewhere or other, splits at the joints?
WorksDivided Heaven; ; Patterns Of Childhood; Cassandra
AwardsAustrian State Prize For European Literature; Georg Büchner Prize; Geschwister-Scholl-Preis; National Prize Of East Germany; Schiller Memorial Prize