Du gehst fort, und ich bleib da

Synopsis of Du gehst fort, und ich bleib da

«Du gehst fort, und ich bleib da» is the anthology of poems and stories by Helga Häsing and Ingeborg Mues (Fischer Taschenbuch, paperback, 248 pages, in German).

Anthology of poems and stories about farewell and separation as an essential human experience. The texts evoke the departure from childhood, distance from parents or children, the end of a relationship, the loss of familiar people and places, and ideals that never come to be fulfilled.

Originally published in 1989, it belongs to the series «Die Frau in der Gesellschaft» (number 4722).

For readers with a command of German interested in anthologies of poetry and short fiction about affective memory and life transitions.