![]() Toller, Dora and Ruth were members of the Independent Social Democrats that were fierce in their political opposition to Hitler. Both are sharing memories of their shared political ties and of their moving loss and longing for Dora. Ruth receives these papers when she is quite old, to where she is currently living in Australia. At times I found I was a bit muddled and had to remind myself that Toller’s story is from 1939 and Ruth’s is reliving, but in the present day. Toller is writing his memoirs at the tender age of 40, in the safety of a hotel room in New York City. This alternating time span is something to always keep in mind and remember that each story/chapter is taking place over 50 years apart from each other. Dora is the common thread between Toller, her lover and Ruth, her cousin and whom is profoundly loved, treasured and remembered by both. The story is told in alternating perspectives/chapters with Ruth in present day, and Toller, the revolutionary playwright, in 1939. Ruth receives papers from 1939, it is a memoir from Toller, a significant person from her past, and the memories from this time come flooding back to her. In my experience, it is entirely possible to watch something happen and not to see it at all. ![]() Though it’s another thing to say what I saw. ![]() ![]() Ruth Becker has entered an advanced old age and against the doctor’s prognosis of memory loss due to the onset of this age, she begins to remember more, not less of things that happened. ![]()
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