Another

The life of the forty-year-old protagonist is akin to her face. She is only familiar with certain lines, and they do not always harmonize. She fears what she longs for. She dislikes memory photos yet flips through the album. She wants to conquer space for action through writing, but life always gets in the way. Who is the woman who would have chosen a different father, is labeled a niche product in the job market, and keeps happiness to herself? In the promising debut "Eine Andere," the narrative fragments come together to form the portrait of a mysterious acquaintance. Maja Peter writes compellingly and unflinchingly about family, our modern working world, and a search for self. In "Eine Andere," what literature can ideally achieve is accomplished: opening a new imaginary space with language and providing an opportunity for reflection.