Arnon Grunberg

Wiesbaden

Dignity

This afternoon I went to La Louvière to see a Roland Topor exhibition.
At the exhibition I learned that Topor also published a collection of poetry.
And then there was La Louvière. A friend and I have a pact that we will go to Wiesbaden, Germany, when we feel that time has come to die dignified.
But now I start hesitating. If one wants to die with dignity La Louvière is the place.
Here’s a poem by Topor, I’m sure one of the readers of this site will be able to translate the poem:

La dame jolie

Rend beau la vie

Ma la dame moche

Rend tout cloche