Banal Nightmare a man reappears in the

a man reappears in the life of a woman and their young son

Jeg sætter generelt mange æselører og udråbstegn

hvor drengen Max bliver smidt i seng uden aftensmad

I 1999 debuterede Erpenbeck som skønlitterær forfatter

Banal Nightmare a man reappears in theMargaret Anne ('Moddie') Yance has just returned to her hometown, to mingle with the friends of her youth, to get back in touch with her roots, and to recover from a stressful decade of living in the city in a small apartment with a man she now believed to be a megalomaniac or perhaps a covert narcissist. Back home, Moddie throws herself at the mercy of her old friends, all suddenly tipping toward middle age. She joins them as they go to parties, size