That crack
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That Crack
Roger Willemsen
Translation: Joachim Retzlaff
Hardcover; 288 pages
The break, that moment when life changes direction and nothing is the same. In his brilliant essay, Willemsen is less interested in the big breaks than in the almost imperceptible, nameless changes: the small cracks in a relationship, aging, the insidious changes of cities, the cracks in artwork, disappointment, loss, defeat – the ravages of time.
Everyone is rooted in the story. Everything darkens or fades, everything breaks and perishes, everything changes color and aroma, and only mockingly does one say that the world is “whole,” well aware that it too has been broken.
In every life there comes a moment when time takes a different path than you. At that moment you stop belonging to the present. You let the contemporary world go.
Roger Willemsen is still an unknown name in Sweden. For over three decades, he has been the most eloquent German-language author, social debater, program host, beloved radio voice, publicist, journalist, literature professor and knowledgeable music expert. He was also chairman of the Afghan Women's Association. Roger Willemsen was wise without being a know-it-all, prominent without demeaning others. He was a shining sun with a brilliant brain. On February 7, 2016, he died at just 60 years old.
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