Gradiva: Ein pompejanisches Phantasiestück

When Dr. Norbert Hanold, a quiet archaeology lecturer, returns from Rome with a plaster copy of a curious relief, the figure it depicts begins to dominate his study. The marble girl, caught mid‑step, exudes a simple, timeless grace that feels both ancient and strikingly modern. He names her “Gradiva”—the one who walks forward—and cannot shake the feeling that the stone has reached out to him.

As weeks pass, Gradiva becomes more than an ornament; she infiltrates his thoughts, his dreams, and his scholarly routines. The contrast between the bustling world of his lectures and the serene, almost otherworldly poise of the relief draws him into a subtle inner conflict between rational analysis and a yearning for something ineffable. Listeners are invited to follow Norbert’s gentle unraveling of imagination, memory, and the thin line where academic rigor meets personal myth.