Tellkamp, Uwe

Uwe Tellkamp - The Sleep in the Clocks

A tram journey through Dresden brings back memories of the city’s history, and these are closely connected to the personal recollections of the narrative’s voices. Uwe Tellkamp won the 2004 Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for his story The Sleep in the Clocks.

The Sleep in the Clocks (Part 1)

Sometimes I hear time flowing, ceaselessly.
Sometimes I arise in the dead of night,
and stop all the clocks.

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The Sleep in the Clocks (Part 2)

Time in the end, Quin-quin, time
cannot change things at all.
Time is a curious item.
We live as if it were nothing.
But then all of a sudden
feel nothing else but it:

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