Paul Celan and the Trans-Tibetan Angel Quotes

“Every breakdown of communication carries a paring knife in its breast pocket.”
― Yōko Tawada, Paul Celan and the Trans-Tibetan Angel

“The coffee tastes burned without milk, I can’t repeat often enough.”
― Yōko Tawada, Paul Celan and the Trans-Tibetan Angel

“a soul is so old-fashioned, like sending a telegram.”
― Yōko Tawada, Paul Celan and the Trans-Tibetan Angel

“The man really does look Trans-Tibetan; this is a subjective impression, and the purpose of adjectives is to support subjectivity.”
― Yōko Tawada, Paul Celan and the Trans-Tibetan Angel

“Reading the libretto fills Patrik with a sense of stubborn resistance, like a child whose mother is always telling him what to do. At the same time, he wishes a librettist would dictate the contents of his own life, which is otherwise empty.”
― Yōko Tawada, Paul Celan and the Trans-Tibetan Angel