Veritas eBook

“Der Vitruvianische Mensch” by Ulrike Bolenz is a modern version of “The Vitruvian Man”, the famous drawing by Leonardo da Vinci. It depicts a man in two superimposed positions with his arms and legs apart and inscribed in a circle and square. This novel refers to the expression squaring the circle, a metaphor for trying to do the impossible. The quadrature of the circle stands here for science, fiction, progress, avangardisme, … but refers at the same time to the clock with several dates such as 02.12.1804 (coronation Napoleon), 1914 (start of WW1) , 11.09.2001 (nine eleven), 16.04.2006 (mp3-murder Brussels Central Station), … A sexagenarian discovers he has been chosen to heal the World. After reflexion, he decides to accept the challenge. While travelling into space and time, he realises he’s getting younger…