Throughout her life, Ela was literally overshadowed by her mother. Her father was convinced that her fat body was responsible for the unhappiness of the whole family. Now Ela is an adult and it is her own body, her sick body, that makes her despair. Shortly before completing her doctorate, Ela experiences a breakdown. While she unconsciously wrestles with the question of whether she really deserves her place in the academic world, her body rebels: her throat, her heart, her skin - Ela is on fire and panics more and more.
Daniela Dröscher lives in Berlin and holds a doctorate in media studies from the University of Potsdam and studied scenic writing in Graz. She has been awarded the Robert Gernhardt Prize (2017), among others. Her
Matthias Lorenz is Professor of Modern German Literature and Comparative Literature at Leibniz Universität Hannover and Extraordinary Professor at Stellenbosch University in South Africa.
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