The sky does not favor anyone

How strange life is! It loves contradictions; in the moment when one is confident that they are safe, it turns them into a silly creature, mocking them and pushing them directly to the edge of danger. And in the second moment, when they have surrendered and admitted to being lost, it does not stop flooding them with gifts. Humans do not need much thinking, for life works like a clock pendulum. It goes right, then returns left. Our misery lies in our firm belief that we have the upper hand over life, and that it is our duty for it to give itself to us. In the end, those who expect nothing are not disappointed. A novel that apparently tells a story of a complicated love between a former Nazi prisoner and a fragile girl with tuberculosis. But deep down, it raises philosophical questions about life and death, meaning and the absence of purpose. To put us face to face with ourselves, or face to face, with everything we are used to pretending not to see. Author: Irsch Maria Remark Number of pages: 432