Word: dercum
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1927-1927
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...violent tragedy causes to be brought forth from his rage and his despair the question. "why?"--"This 'why' remained standing before him like a pillar, cleaving the distant fog, and toward that pillar he would have to wander involuntarily and almost unconsciously." Laudin comes into contact with Louise Dercum, a famous actres, in whose personality seems to be mirrored all life; through her he attempts to grasp an answer to this "Why," but in the end finds only unconsciousness and nothingness. He goes home. On the other side of a door is his wife Pia, who had become absorbed...
| 1 |