Waning and fading - as a non-fiction editor at Huberâ&âLeon, Himlicek spent many hours poring over scientific manuscripts. Descended from a troupe of Czech trapeze artists, he dreamed of loftier pursuits. As an amateur philosopher he boils everything down to first principles: Why are there dots on his mother´s dress? He sets out to seek the Café de l´Univers, the ominous cradle of all things. Dark and gentle, Himlicek has become adept in the art of leave-taking. He sets up a philosophical variety store of small things, contemplates a theory of loss, and finally catapults himself grandiosely into the universe with his grand piano - as a pianist who never learned to play. Irrevocably.
