Ida oder Das Delirium

Ida, the heroine of the novel, is dead from the very first line. A maid in the Besson household, she refers to herself as a 'bird of the night.' One might wonder where this name from the realm of fairy-tale beauty comes from—this dutiful hand for others. And why does she always look only at her feet?

Ida is thrown into the air by a vice and flies eight meters. This brutal death raises questions. Who is Ida really? How could she dare to die? Now those who knew her, who experienced her, begin to speak. They express conjectures, opinions that intersect in a crystal-clear and deafening way. A brightly shining narrative emerges—a universe of egos, conventions, cruelty, and indifference, in the midst of which Ida laughs, quietly and triumphantly.

'The blind, deaf, and mute poet can only scream in a language outside the rules.' Hélène Bessette.