"I'd rather die than not kiss" - the book premiere of Inge Buck's Corona diary at the Franz LEUWER bookstore

"Diaries about crisis and borderline situations always deal with the topic of time. About capturing the passing days, about storing the events in the text, written in the present tense for a future tense, writing against oblivion, which can also be read retrospectively as a contemporary document.

I'd rather die than not kiss. The title reflects both the topic and the design of the Corona diary. News experiences, conversations about life and death, about coping strategies and the fear of death, about supposed knowledge, rebellion and helplessness in the face of the regulations and the increasing number of deaths worldwide.

In a world increasingly out of joint, with the shifting of borders - the virus knows no borders - the records with daily dating are also an attempt to counter the deadly numbers and an opponent you cannot see. Structuring time, with a self-determined rhythm of daily routines, even if it may seem pointless..."