Beyond Script

Based on Vedic, Jewish and mathematictopological knowledge, Ulla Berkéwicz’ new work, comprised of two corresponding parts which reflect each other, invites us to discern what restricts our consciousness.

In a stunning poetic fantasy, a poet partisan crosses the threshold of narration and a mathematic rebel transcends the countability of numbers during the thirteenth hour of the night of Shrove Tuesday. That leads a society of potentates, artists and bourgeois to break the mold in a way that allows them to follow the two into their freedom of the imagination. The fundamental humanistic and scientific idea of this anarchic spectacle evolves into a piece of prose that is as provocative as it is uncompromising. It reveals what could be possible if we would stop restricting our cognitive abilities to our three-dimensional sphere and instead let our imagination run wild and into areas that aren’t confined by the concepts of time and space.

»Beyond Script is a meditation on the mythical sources of the power of thought which have been lost in the modern age – but with a surprising turn. ... As if casting some kind of spell Ulla Berkéwicz transforms everything into a mystery play – in our present Renaissance of straightforward realism, it has a refreshingly old-fashioned feel.« Alexander Cammann, DIE ZEIT

»The handwriting of Suhrkamp-reinventor Ulla Berkéwicz exerts a magical pull. A little black volume as intimate as a hand-crafted gift: if at first, imprecise glance seemingly unprofessional, this private, warm and elegant literary essay draws the reader in.« Die literarische Welt

»It flirts, it glitters, it inspires, it calls out for the stage – above all, in one’s own head.« Irene Bazinger, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung