The Tragic Fate of Moritz Toth

by Dana Todorovic

  A simple case of mistaken identity offers Samuel the chance to inhabit another, more tumultuous life, leading him to consider whether, if he invents a past of love and loss, he could even attend her funeral. Unable to resist the chance, Samuel finds himself drawn down a path of lies until he begins to have trouble distinguishing between truth and fantasy. But such is the allure of his invented life that he is willing to persist and in the process create a new version of the present – with little regard for the consequences to himself and to others.

  José Ovejero’s existential tale of stolen identity exposes the fictions people weave to sustain themselves in a dehumanizing modern world.