With a light hand atmosphere is brushed, which corresponds precisely to the experienced and suffered content. Here, with undisguised and upright intimacy, it is found, not invented. Always a call, never an obituary. Never sentimental.

Voices on Rückkehr der Hornhechte and Cornelia Becker:

(...) In these poems by Cornelia Becker, who has so far emerged with novels and stories, one can well follow how lyricism emerges from narrative prose through condensation and concentration on strong images that are precisely imprinted on the content. With a light hand, atmosphere is brushed on that corresponds precisely to the content experienced and suffered. Here, with undisguised and upright intimacy, it is found, not invented. Always call, never obituary. Never sentimental. (...) Despite their intimate vision and address, these poems go far beyond the individual. The author fundamentally sensually and sensitively measures the architecture of human relationships. Her yardstick is empathy - and what it brings about in her readers: empathy!

- Beatrix Saadi-Varchmin

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Author: Cornelia Becker