The train rolls on. Inside, alone in the compartment, a young woman is sitting, wounded in body and soul. She is looking at the landscape outside the window, thinking about her family, reminiscing about cheerful moments spent with her sister, who committed suicide. Why? No one knows. Marie, the protagonist of the novel, blames herself for her sister’s death. Tormenting thoughts. The wheels spin, the train rattles and sighs, the landscape passes. Marie, the traveller, thinks about all possible methods of suicide, but also about how to cope with life and its tragedies, how to live well in spite every injury. Perhaps some New Age spirituality can be a help? The reader gradually learns that after the death of her sister, Marie herself tried to commit suicide several times, but always hesitantly enough to survive.
Despite the bitter theme, the young author’s literary work is full of subtle humor and irony. It is also the rhythm of her language and the extraordinary purity of her style which make this novel a pleasant read.