Happy Times, Brittle World
Robert Menasse
1991
Leo was planning to ask his father for money to get his car fixed, perhaps as a birthday present, even though he was sure his parents already had a present for him. Since the family’s return to Vienna, he had always received the same thing, with downright religious monotony; they never asked him what he wanted as a gift. For Christmas and his…
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