Sky Imprisonment
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"Little by little, little by little, Elsa slipped out of her trap and settled in every corner of the house.
Even though the dining table was two floors below him and on the opposite side of the room, I could feel him at the table. At night, he switched places with me; I squirmed in his stuffy alcove while he enjoyed my comfortable bed."
In this extraordinary novel, Johannes, a member of the Hitler Youth in the 1940s, discovers that his family is hiding a Jewish girl named Elsa behind a wall in their large house in Vienna. His initial fears turn into interest, love and obsession.
After the disappearance of his parents, Johannes Johannes realizes that Elsa, the only person responsible for his survival, is the only one who is aware of his existence.At the end of the war, as their relationship oscillates between passion and obsession, dependence and indifference, love and hate, they suddenly face the possibility of loss.
Sky Imprisonment lays bare the darkest corners of the human psyche, examining realities from both political and social aspects.