Up close is the author and with her their Leser_innen on pain of the protagonist as well as to the children, to despair and grief of all those involved. I have the things I am thinking about while smiling politely reluctant placed out of his hand, I had to know how to proceed. Or how it comes about. Or why actually. Not everything is answered. As in real life just as well.
Life in its nuances, the various functions that may play a role in one's life: as a child, as foreigners in their own country, as lovers, as a mother, as a friend, ... all of this takes place on relatively few pages his place. In addition a great narrative style, an incredible tension, sometimes almost too much to bear.