The works included in this collection occupy an important place in the author’s oeuvre and represent a kind of “German response to the literature of existentialism.”
Striving to create a picture of the real, the author turns to ancient mythological plots and images—interpreting them—and focuses on themes of death, freedom, and a difficult but necessary life-defining choice of a solitary person who becomes involved in events taking place on the edge of reality. The writer brings these images to life easily and naturally, giving his work either a modern or, on the contrary, timeless resonance.