Status Updates From Listy do Mileny

I took a rather long walk alone, for the first time actually, otherwise I’ve always gone with other people or mostly just stayed at home. Good heavens, Milena, if you were here, and my pitiful, un-thinking mind! And still I would be lying if I said I missed you: it’s the most perfect, most painful magic, you are here, just as I am and even more so; wherever I am, there you are too, and even more intensely.

Amid grumblings about stamps, post office failings and sanatorium logistics, there are some of the most beautiful and heart wrenching passages I’ve read. Poor Frankie K! I’m glad I’ve pressed on with this

"now I'm even losing my name -- it was getting shorter and shorter all the time and is now: Yours"