In an overwhelming flood of language and images, where reality constantly threatens to dissolve, Stangl conjures up a specific topography, a Vienna that has rarely been so breathtakingly depicted, while also evoking time and the passage of time. Like in a whirl, the reader plunges into the memories and thoughts of two women, mother and daughter, and risks getting lost in them. An overwhelming reading experience that elevates our perception to another dimension. Thomas Stangl is a unique explorer of consciousness, a traveler in realms where only literature reveals results.