Status Updates From Wenn Es Soweit Ist

The opposite of a fun read. An atmosphere of oppression dominated by catholicism. Every pleasure is sinful. Women coming with lacquered nails to the mess have to repent. The dead are layed out in their homes for three days. Very few love but a lot of hate among the villagers. On All Saints, three old men meet since 50 years and bury out their stories of the war, rant about the times and wish for a good dictator.

The alter ego of Winkler figuratively collects the bones of the deceased in his Carinthian home village across the 20th century. Phrases get repeated like in Catholic liturgy. "When the Time Comes" refers to death, Winkler's main topic in all his works.
So far, he collected the bones of his grandparents, aunts, uncles, a suicidal person, the arms of a blasphemer. His family is large, individuals appear without intro.

the care of a second tomb was too much of a nuisance

his bluish red rope burns and strangulation bruises covered with a fresh garland of carnations, purple and aromatic

there was a swastika painted in pig's blood

In the kitchen, it smelled of children's burnt saliva.

his skeleton lies in the clay vessel where the putrid-smelling stock was rendered from the bones of slaughtered animals

i'm so close to finishing this but i can't read any more today.