Thirst (Kumpfmüller)
Durst is the second novel by the author Michael Kumpfmüller , it was published in 2003 by Kiepenheuer & Witsch . His plot takes up a true incident from the summer of 1999 and retells it.
content
The book poses the question of evil from an unfamiliar point of view. Driven by the thirst for a better life, a young mother locks her two toddlers in a room in her apartment and moves in with her boyfriend not far away. Left alone, the children die of thirst in agony. The unstable mother lets herself drift aimlessly in time. She tries out relationships and life opportunities. After the woman fell out with her boyfriend, she returned to her own apartment and found her deceased children there. The story told from the restricted perspective of the young protagonist mostly leaves the further course open, but this is revealed from the outset from the real event that occurred a few years earlier, which was widely echoed in the media.
reception
"The Greek tragedy has reached the social housing and is very comfortable with the sunless square meters and the psychological multiplication tables." ( Verena Auffermann )
"Michael Kumpfmüller's new novel tells the dark, true story of a mother." ( Marianne Wellershoff )
Web links
- Review notes on thirst at perlentaucher.de
- Oliver Pfohlmann: You screw your life up for that little bit of fun. Michael Kumpfmüller records the double murder of a young mother in 'Durst'. literaturkritik.de, September 9, 2003, accessed May 17, 2015 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Verena Auffermann: Conny's terrible world. Die Zeit, September 25, 2003, accessed on May 18, 2015 .
- ^ Marianne Wellershoff: In the heat of the prefabricated building . In: Der Spiegel . No. 35 , 2003, p. 148 ( online ).