THE GEOMETRY OF SUSPENDED SOULS

A brief moment of suspended life

von Sebastian Kolm

228 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

William, a 45-year-old architect from Turin, is urgently hospitalized during the pandemic for a severe respiratory collapse. His wife Laura struggles desperately to be close to him, defying the strict hospital restrictions.William was caught by Covid-19 as a building hit by an earthquake. His respiratory system collapsed, and he was rushed to intensive care, a white and aseptic place that became his universeAs William lies in intensive care, his consciousness shifts to a liminal dimension, a dreamlike place that resembles an immense suspension bridge between gray skies and a silent river.>Here, in states of introspective unconsciousness, he meets familiar figures who are no longer alive: his grandfather, who had passed away years earlier, and Aurelia. They are not simple apparitions, but presences that ask him questions about his path.In this space on the border between life and the otherworldly, William finds himself having to make symbolic and deeply personal decisions. He must "build" or "dismantle" arches of the metaphorical bridge, each representing an aspect of his existence: his work, his love for Laura, and unconfessed understandings.But inside that tortured body, William's consciousness was navigating murky waters. Between sedation and fever, his mind moved in liminal states, on the border between reality and the beyond. It wasn't unconsciousness, it was another dimension.The familiar figures, dear, but no longer alive: they were not ghosts, but clear presences, solid in their memoryThe experience was not tangible, but it was more real than anything. William found himself on the precipice, having to choose between the embrace of beloved presences, and Laura's outstretched hand. The choice was not between life and the otherworldly, but between two forms of love: the complete and appeased love of the past, and the imperfect, combative and vibrant love of the present.With an effort that seemed to lift mountains, William chose to grasp that thread of voice. He chose Laura. He chose to go back to building, no longer just buildings, but the days he had left.When she finally opened her eyes, the first face she saw was hers, reflected in Laura's tears of joy. And she knew that, in that limbo, she had planned the most important thing: the will to stay but at what price?

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798175020602
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 17.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Independently published