Our Short Life

The funloving 26yearold architect Franziska Linkerhand Simone Frost works for a famous professor Yet she feels restrained by her dependence on him and longs to take risks When her marriage falls apart she moves to a small town for a fresh start Franziska approaches her new life with vigor and idealism Many of her colleagues have given in to the dictates of economic restrictions and prefabricated apartment blocks but Franziska hangs onto her ideals and as in her private life is not willing to compromise