![]() ![]() Afterwards, we drove to Damüls, where we had an unexpected encounter with a painting that even made it onto the cover of the novel. Brendel had been joined by his companion Maria Majno and after the interview they invited my wife Irena Rosc (who took the photos) and me to dinner at the Alte Mühle restaurant between Schwarzenberg and Egg. ![]() This meeting had been preceded by our first interview in Schwarzenberg, which means that while it was not our first face-to-face meeting, it was nevertheless our first in-depth encounter. ![]() The chapter describes a trip that my wife and I took to Damüls with the pianist Alfred Brendel, who was the object of my veneration. After all, the novel deals with the theme of hero worship, which today has become a very outmoded concept, as I too thought at the time. Naturally, they selected a passage from the book that relates to the Bregenzerwald. They must have sensed how important this story was to me. It is an excerpt from my novel “Der Übergänger” (The Border Crosser). Recently, I agreed with the editors of this fine publication to read one of the first texts I published in this magazine years ago for their planned podcast. ![]()
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