A poetic, philosophical essay about pain. A story told by three voices. A story in search of a plot. A reflection on illness, fragmentation, the discontinuity of perception and the deceptive belief in a self that gives sense to existence. Where does the boundary lie between an essay and a story, between some biographical notes and what we call history, between reality and fiction, between what we believe and what we create? In The Standing Woman there are characters. Throughout the book they reveal episodes from their lives, short dialogues. The Standing Woman is an invitation to listen. The Standing Woman is a means to relieve the pain of the flesh. The Standing Woman is a record of the fluctuations of the state of the soul when subject to pain relief. The Standing Woman is a stage with a window through which to look. The Standing Woman is that window’s sill.