Westermann reads: "Frankie" by Jochen Gutsch: A tomcat who enjoys life and a person who no longer wants to live

Her name is Elfriede Jelinek.

Westermann reads: "Frankie" by Jochen Gutsch: A tomcat who enjoys life and a person who no longer wants to live

Her name is Elfriede Jelinek. When she arrived as a tiny ball of wool, the Gutsch family wanted to give the little cat something sublime. The name of a Nobel Prize winner in literature fitted. Especially since the Cat Handbook recommended giving cats a name with a lot of vowels.

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