The Mountain, The Mountain

“The Mountain, The Mountain is an edited version of a sequence of fragments written on postcards between May 2024 and February 2025, posted to the space of Manifold Books in Amsterdam. The writing of these postcards took place during The Sphinx’s Riddle, a year-long program of exhibitions and reading sessions organized by Maartje Fliervoet from Manifold Books, and coincided with the physical rehabilitation program of the author, following an induced coma and extended time in hospital in the first months of 2024, caused by a COVID infection.”

A POSTER with reproduced vintage postcards showing picturesque views of the Swiss Alps, on the other side is a reflective text that weaves together several topics, touching among other things upon illness, time, tedium, and Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain; designed by Dongyoung Lee. 

Folded: 30 x 21 cm, unfolded: 85 x 60 cm, Amsterdam 2025