Mayfly Season - Matthias Jügler minor human tragedies play out

minor human tragedies play out against the cold expanse of the tundra

dissatisfaction and ennui burgeon

All art is possible

they traverse the unrest of the twentieth century

Mark Strand and Alastair Reid

Mayfly Season - Matthias Jügler minor human tragedies play out1978, near Leipzig, East Germany. For Katrin and Hans, every parents worst nightmare comes true when they are told that their newborn baby Daniel has died. Amidst the shock and horror of the news, Katrin doubts what the doctors have told her, feeling that they are lying and that Daniel is still alive: doubts which Hans refuses to acknowledge, and which lead to the end of their marriage. After the collapse of the GDR, happy in a new relationship, Hans