Simone Frieling

The people Simone Frieling writes about are all in a phase of transition, where the old life no longer holds validity and the new one is not yet clearly defined. An unforeseen event forces them to reevaluate their lives. Some experience this upheaval as a matter of fate, while others eagerly approach it in order to finally start anew. A priest who curses his priestly ring while dying, wishing instead that he had worn a wedding ring on his hand. A politician who continues her duties after a cancer diagnosis as if nothing has happened. A Polish woman who leaves her homeland under duress to live in prosperity in Germany, only to return because she loves poverty more. A painter who is unrecognized until he encounters a foreign railway worker during a journey who admires his paintings. With sensitivity, Simone Frieling tells the stories of these and other lives, where success and failure lie close together.