A Minor Life

Inspired by the visit in Bordeaux of the German poet Friedrich Hölderlin A Minor Life is the story of a young writer seeking for recognition He came to Bordeaux to teach the children of a Bordeauxbased family Arabic but his aspirations become confused when he makes a strange discovery on the river bank Under the distant eye of a mysterious and secluded man the character gets lost in a series of peculiar and alienating visions He goes on a poetic and existential quest that systematically leads him to the Garonne waters until submersion