Else & Ich ist ein lyrisches Gedankenspiel in einem Gedichtband, der die Werke zweier Künstlerinnen miteinander verbindet und einen tiefen Blick in ihre Seelenleben gewährt. Marit Persiel explored the life and poetry of Else Lasker-Schüler, a German-Jewish writer who died in 1945. Suddenly, Else’s poems resonated with the poems of the artist writing today: a meeting of the works in a poetic space not entirely of this world, spanning a century between the two authors.
Marit Persiel then writes letters to Else Lasker-Schüler. Cautious, questioning letters based on the lyrical themes and circumstances of the late artist’s life, addressing fundamental questions of our social life and the existence of each one of us. Thus poetry combines with philosophy and opens an intimate space for one’s own reflection.
Attention defective copy! This book is a defect copy. Unfortunately, there was a misprint and page 65 was not printed. As a result, the order in the book is no longer correct from page 66. Page 65 is an illustration by Else Lasker-Schüler. The works of the female artists are all inside. We think it is a pity to have to dispose of a part of the edition because of this mistake, and so we would like to save the poetry from the shredder. While stocks last.
