Algo tan trivial. Sowas ganz Banales

This book is not an exorcism, says Fausto Alzati Fernández. Nor is it a testimony or a complaint. Rather, the author sees it as a declaration of friendship, directed not at a close person, but at the demons that have influenced his life. One of these demons is drug addiction. In a poetically cynical manner and using numerous intermedial references, Fausto Alzati Fernández engages with his memories. Based on philosophy, psychoanalysis, and Buddhism, he discusses existential questions through his drug experiences, demonstrating how 'something so banal' becomes anything but banal. 'Düsseldorf translates' presents literature in a bilingual format, offering an engaging and complex linguistic experience. The act of translation is consciously maintained as a process here.