"Hun var simpelthen … den kønne unge pige som man ikke kunne komme udenom – ligesom skæbnen

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Jean Améry 1912-1978

There but for the "Hun var simpelthen … denThere once was a man who, one night between the main course and the sweet at a dinner party, went upstairs and locked himself in one of the bedrooms of the house of the people who were giving the dinner party . . .' As time passes by and the consequences of this stranger's actions ripple outwards, touching the owners, the guests, the neighbours and the whole country, so Ali Smith draws us into a beautiful, strange place where everyone is so much more