Kappacher Walter: Palata muva

Walter Kappacher: Palata muva

August 1924: due to the difficult situation in which he found himself, the writer H. - who was already in his late years - returns to the place of his childhood, Fuchs, a health resort in the Salzburg mountains where he spent the summers with his parents in his maturing years and where the works that made him famous were created. In the meantime, a lot has changed: friends have disappeared, fame has arrived, and impaired health and inexplicable disorders threaten his creativity. A new, post-war era also began in remote Fuchs - a time in which he participates only as an observer who is increasingly becoming a stranger to himself. During a walk, H. loses consciousness. When he comes to, he meets the young Dr. Krakauer, the private physician of a baroness. And he is a returnee to a world he no longer recognizes. H. seeks his friendship, but there is the baroness - and there is also the loneliness from which he cannot escape. Walter Kapacher narrates the tragedy of a life overtaken by time: he does so with fascinating power and lucid empathy, as sovereign as he is virtuosic. With the novel *Palace of the Flies* (Palace of the Flies) he impressively confirms his exceptional place in the contemporary literature of the German-speaking world: "a rare occurrence" (Peter Handke).: Palace of the Flies

August 1924: due to the difficult situation in which he found himself, the writer H. - who had already reached his late years - returns to the place of his childhood, Fuchs, a health resort in the Salzburg mountains where he spent the summers with his parents in the years of his maturation and where the works that made him famous were created. In the meantime, a lot has changed: friends have disappeared, fame has arrived, and impaired health and inexplicable disorders threaten his creativity. A new, post-war era also began in remote Fuchs - a time in which he participates only as an observer who is increasingly becoming a stranger to himself. During a walk, H. loses consciousness. When he comes to, he meets the young Dr. Krakauer, the private physician of a baroness. And he is a returnee to a world he no longer recognizes. H. seeks his friendship, but there is the baroness - and there is also the loneliness from which he cannot escape. Walter Kapacher narrates the tragedy of a life overtaken by time: he does so with fascinating power and lucid empathy, as sovereign as he is virtuosic. With the novel *Palace of the Flies*, he impressively confirms his exceptional place in contemporary German-speaking literature: "a rare occurrence" (Peter Handke).