The sum of all walls, more or less

I write from in-between, moving transversally across countries, languages, and memories. In autofictional vignettes and short stories, I explore what “home” can mean when you’ve had more than one, or have lost one. These texts reflect on questions of othering, identity, power, and cultural hybridity. They are often plain, direct, sometimes ironic, and written from a transcultural perspective.

The book combines text with found photography drawn from family archives, flea markets, and other private collections. These photographs do not illustrate the texts in a direct way, but appear interwoven throughout the book; they stand beside them as parallel forms of memory and loss. This hybridity of text and image is not only understood in terms of cultural belonging, but also in terms of form: where word and image co-exist, both fractured and overlapping, both unreliable, but emotionally sincere.

Conceived as a literary artist’s book, my bachelor-thesis project combines literature and photography as a form of discussion. This version, developed after the completion of my bachelor’s thesis, was shortlisted for Schönste Bücher Deutschlands (Stiftung Buchkunst) 2026, award for young book design.