The Therapist
Three Novellas
Published by Diogenes as Der Therapeut
Original Title: Der Therapeut

Lake Hundekehle: She had always been elusive, and her disappearance made her even more mysterious – Alima, the oriental girl, with whom Wernigerode imagined living together for two years.
The Therapist: If the citizens of Berlin only knew ›the extent of the mysterious wilderness‹ right on their doorstep – Lake Halen, for example.
The Insult: Death scene in Hamlet – Sennheiser's performance or the sudden need to survive a deadly role. Berlin lakes, secretive waters with an unimagined pull; the perfect place to disappear – or to make someone disappear. Their counterpart, the floodlit public: a theatre stage acts as the venue for an artistically orchestrated departure.

Contemporary Literature
160 pages
2007

978-3-257-06596-1
Hartmut
Lange

Hartmut Lange, born in Berlin in 1937, studied theatrical production. He has been honoured with several awards for his plays, essays and prose. His most recent publication is the volume of novellas At the Oslo Fjord or The Stranger. He is now a freelance writer and lives in Berlin.

Photo: © Hans-Christian Plambeck/laif