VERITAS

"Der Vitruvianische Mensch" by Ulrike Bolenz is a modern version of "The Vitruvian Man", the famous drawing by Leonardo da Vinci.
It depicts a man in two superimposed positions with his arms and legs apart and inscribed in a circle and square. <
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The novel VERITAS refers to the expression squaring the circle, a metaphor for trying to do the impossible. The quadrature of the circle stands here for science, fiction, progress, avangardisme, ... but refers at the same time to the clock w
ith several dates such as 02.12.1804 (Coronation Napoleon), 1914 (start first world war), 11.09.2001 (World Trade Center September 11 attacks), 16.04.2006 (Brussels Center Station Murder), ...

A sexagenarian discovers he has been chosen to
heal the World. After reflexion, he decides to accept the challenge. While travelling into space and time, he realises he''s getting younger...