Last words – the last utterance of a person before their death. That which a person leaves behind for posterity in the face of their death.
Last words – the final sentence of a book before its end. That which the narrator leaves behind for readers in the face of their ‘death‘.
Letzte Worte (“Last words”) is a collection of the respective last sentence from 45 books. Cautiously arranged in sequence, each sentence stands on its own, yet when read together, new stories can arise.