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Gabriele Wohmann (1992)

Reunion in Venice is a short story by Gabriele Wohmann that was written at the end of 1956 and published in 1966 in the volume Erzählungen bei Langewiesche-Brandt in Ebenhausen .

Summary: In this story of the reunification of former lovers, only the woman has changed.

Goodbye

It's been seven years since the doctor Ruth and her companion - a writer - escaped death in that Davos sanatorium. Both had made love there in Switzerland , had considered themselves the "ideal couple", but had not stayed together. Now you meet in the Café Florian . He doesn't bring his wife Lin with him. Lin is staying at the pension with a headache. While Ruth remained skinny, he started. During the conversation in that café, he soon thinks he can see through Ruth just as he did seven years ago. When he whispers in her ear, he gets a grateful look, but Ruth soon looks distracted; asks about Lin.

He doesn't like the fact that he can't find any jealousy in Ruth's demeanor. She is not interested in his writing. Working Ruth mentions her long working days. He's hardly interested in that again. Nevertheless, he continues the Davos game. He kisses her twice.

Weeks later she wrote to him: “... I was so sorry that you must have stayed the same. That's why I returned the two kisses ... But they were the most terrible. "

Venice

The text is also a declaration of love for Venice. The café has already been mentioned. During the reunion of the two, there is talk of the altarpiece Pala d'oro in St. Mark's Basilica , the Church of San Zaccaria , the Doge's Palace with the Porta della Carta , the marble facade by Antonio Rizzo and the giant staircase . Inside the palace, works by Titian , Giorgione , Veronese and Tintoretto can be viewed. The stroll to the academy gallery with Longhi's wedding continues, which is strenuous over time . A walk through the Calli to Piazzale Roma concludes the tour at a vaporetto station.

reception

  • July 21, 1967, Marcel Reich-Ranicki in the time : Bitterness without anger . The stories of Gabriele Wolimariii
  • Ferchl says that on the tour of the lagoon city it becomes clear - the couple has nothing more to say to each other. The balance between consideration and lies and between honesty and hypocrisy is discussed.

literature

First edition

  • Reunion in Venice in: Gabriele Wohmann: Erzählungen. Langewiesche-Brandt, Ebenhausen 1966 (also contains: An irresistible man . An occasion. A great conquest. The piano lesson. The sisters. A visit. The trip. Me, Sparrowhawk. The appointment. Great passion. A case of recklessness. Hamsters, hamsters ! The brother. Secretly ). Rowohlt's 1975 edition An Irresistible Man (rororo 1906) is a reprint of this first edition of the book

Used edition

  • Wiedersehen in Venice , pp. 25–33 in: Gabriele Wohmann: Selected stories from twenty years. Edited by Thomas Scheuffelen. Volume 1 (1956-1963) . 209 pages. Luchterhand (Luchterhand Collection 296), Darmstadt 1979 (2nd edition 1980), ISBN 3-472-61296-7 (also contains: An irresistible man. An occasion. A great conquest. The application. The piano lesson. The morning prayer. To Visit. Fat Wilhelmchen. Drinking is the most wonderful thing. In the veranda. Victory over twilight . Green is more beautiful. In the maze. Come on Thursday. Me Sparrowhawk. My friend, the New Year. A shame for the park. Always think about today Afternoon. If I suggest it. Rainy summer. The appointment. Eva's visit. Just don't worry. The report. Albert's program. A case of recklessness. The locomotive )

Secondary literature

  • The treasure. Rural festival. See you in Venice. Eva's visit. S. 75, 3. Zvu - S. 76, 16. Zvu in: Irene Ferchl : The role of the everyday in the short prose by Gabriele Wohmann. 117 pages. Bouvier Verlag , Bonn 1980, ISBN 3-416-01542-8
  • Günter Häntzschel, Jürgen Michael Benz, Rüdiger Bolz, Dagmar Ulbricht: Gabriele Wohmann . Verlag CH Beck, Verlag edition text + kritik, Munich 1982, authors' books vol. 30, 166 pages, ISBN 3-406-08691-8

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Häntzschel, p. 156, entry no. 5 and p. 158, entry no. 17 and Magirius, p. 18
  2. ↑ Edition used, p. 33, 6. Zvo
  3. ↑ engl. Piazzale Roma
  4. ↑ see also bitterness without anger. The stories of Gabriele Wohmann - A review from 1967
  5. ↑ Ferchl, p. 76 above

Remarks

  1. ↑ Venice and Davos - the reader first thinks of Thomas Mann . Finally, it turns out that the little story has little to nothing to do with death in Venice and with the magic mountain .
  2. ↑ In the long series of book publications by Gabriele Wohmann, the band steps out of line in a reader-friendly way, because the verbatim speech is usually interpung with quotation marks .