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The events of the novel “The Story of a Man Who Collapsed in His Notebook” revolve around departure, childhood, the end of a relationship, and the fading possibility of escaping to a better place in our contemporary world. Written in the first person, with each chapter consisting of a single sentence, the novel is an internal monologue of self-reflection, an exploration of a life full of turmoil and loss, hope and disappointment, ambition and failure. The reader joins the narrator on his journey, whether on the train or in his mind - from intermittent memories sparked by his departure from home, through attempts to put his relationships and experiences into some sort of order to find meaning for them and perhaps place blame on them, all the way to confronting his most painful memories - to finally arrive with him at his destination with a sense of clarity and the possibility of a new beginning. “...I have forgotten how to travel, how to surrender to the vicissitudes of the railway, how to say goodbye, how long one actually stands facing backwards watching point A quickly disappear, and then how long one continues standing, standing still... I open my notebook, but I have no answer, so I write: “I travel from point A to point B, from a small seaside town to Berlin, looking out the window at the unfinished houses on the outskirts, the warehouses in the industrial area, the dwarfed trees along the river with plastic bags.” They hang from its branches like bats...”