Vom Verschwinden

A lifetime, one knows, that we inevitably move towards a dead point like a wound-up toy – Alfons is convinced of this. Now he has reached that point. His body no longer wants to cooperate, the condescension in the nursing home bores him, he wants to disappear, and for good. Only his conversations with Dora, who visits him regularly, bring him to life. With her, he shares his memories of a journey through Paraguay, of moments that have etched themselves in his mind forever, like the jaguar that stood on the road, blinded by the headlights, surrounded by an aura of light and dust, its eyes shining like flashlights. Dora herself feels like she is disappearing. She is no longer young, without work and without illusions. After Alfons' death, she travels to the land of longing of the old man, where she experiences mystical and intoxicating physical encounters. Time to disappear. Time for dreams and stories. A magical time of a journey into happiness.