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"ref": "2013 October 6, Catarina von Wedemeyer, “Neuer Roman „Die Sonnenposition“: Sex mit einem Schwan”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN",
"text": "Auch in seiner Freizeit interessiert sich der Psychiater für das Abwesende, für die Leerstellen des Lebens. Er jagt Erlkönige: getarnte Automodelle der kommenden Saison, die in nebligen Nächten Probe fahren.",
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