Dada Mit einem Holzschnitt von Lyonel Feininger

Set against the stark limestone cliffs of the Karst, the story unfolds as a visionary narrator‑poet named Dada awakens to a pantheon of elemental deities—Pola with a clanging key, the golden bowl of Trieste, and the radiant figure of Italia. The landscape pulses with shipyards, steel factories and the blue Adriatic, while Dada’s surreal body—blue‑tinged hands, translucent eyes—becomes a conduit for ancient myths that echo through Europe’s cities. As the gods demand devotion and promise freedom, Dada is thrust into a ritual of offerings and proclamations, his voice echoing the yearning for a liberated Istrian homeland.

The prose weaves lyrical description with a subtle political undercurrent, turning geography into metaphor and turning the act of speaking “freedom” into a spell. Listeners are invited to follow Dada’s contemplation of identity, his uneasy alliance with Italia, and the first stirring of a quest that will carry him across the crumbling borders of a continent still defining itself.