Vijessna Ferkic

“Heatstroke” reflects on this generation’s sexual and existential disorientation.

Victor is both thrilled and mystified when his family moves into his grand-uncles somber mansion filled with African masks, taxidermy crocodile mounts - and a dark secret: Four decades ago, his grand-cousin Cecilia, at the same age as he is now, lost her life in the mansions impressive staircase, and the circumstances of her death still remain obscure.

Johannes is a loner who wants a better job. And then he meets Ana. Ana is attractive and even though her job is even less prestigious than Johannes's, he falls for her. And then she quits her job to be with him (and be dependent on him) and suddenly things become much more serious. She has fallen for him. But does he still love her? Did he ever? Enter Sarah. Sarah is the daughter of Johannes's boss. He and she have a past. Will Sarah and what she represents be his future, and Ana just a memory, something he'd like to erase?

Повествование структурировано на три истории, каждая из которых вызывается из памяти постаревшим Михаэлем Бергом. Первая часть происходит в 1950-е годы в послевоенной Германии, в провинциальном городке, название которого не указывается (подразумевается Гейдельберг). Вторая часть — спустя 10 лет — происходит в Берлине, где Михаэль изучает юриспруденцию. Заключительная часть истории происходит в 1990-е годы.

Story about a family that was set out on a lonely island.