La Nuit Américaine
Michael Hofmann, 22 May 1980
“... and not yet twenty. A shimmering girl with polished nails and a soft creamy face, who washed her white blonde hair with pink strawberry shampoo. When she was little, her hair caught fire and her older sister poured water over her. After that it was short for a while. There is a photo of her with my sister, both in pyjamas with powdered faces long past ... ”