the Detour

The Detour is about a young woman travelling through Europe in search of herself and the truth of life It is based on meetings between goatherd Joanna and Austrian author and playwright Thomas Bernhard Joanna is lost after her boyfriend dumps her at a Womens Relief Centre in Rotterdam She works in a library and visits the theatre where she first sees a play by Thomas Bernhard Bernhards philosophy permeates Joannas thoughts When Camille invites her to visit the French Pyrenees she accepts On the way she decides to visit Bernhard in Austria She attempts to start a relationship with him and thereby finds herself