Have you seen Strazza's "Veiled Virgin"? It's a veil underneath which stands a serene human figure. It alludes to a human figure, but it's a veil. It alludes to a veil, but it's a piece of marble.

"Goodbye to Berlin" is similar. A few stories, all taking place in Berlin, in the period right before the great war. Everyday, casual characters going about their lives, oblivious to the great catastrophe ahead of them, so close. Berlin is vibrantly (if bleakly) painted, the houses, the faces, the alleys and decadent night-shops. Our 80-year leisure of hindsight on the significance of events, on the importance of seemingly unimportant behaviours make the stories more tragic than a simple case of daily hustling.