Young scientist from the Universities of Leipzig and Prague explore the lives and works of Lenka Reinerová and Anna Seghers in this collective monograph. The lives of both authors were interconected.
The focus is on two literary texts: the short story "Die Schiffskarte" (LR) and the novel "Transit" (AS). The scientific articles in the monograph are devided in three parts: 1. text and context, 2. problems of existence and identity, 3. reflections on language.
Finally, there is a summary of the lives and works of both authors (Chronological table - Lenka Reinerová, Chronological table - Anna Seghers).