Der Idiot des 21. Jahrhunderts

A large book about twelve destinies in a globalized world. On a warm summer evening, a circle of friends gathers in Mühlheim near Frankfurt. They attempt not only to reflect on friendship and society but also to realize utopias of a different way of living together. Among them are Hermann, once a doctoral student in philosophy, then a dropout, now a teacher; Maryam, an Iranian singer who had to emigrate because singing was forbidden to her; and Kadmos, an Arab poet. In a novel in twelve books—drawing inspiration from Goethe's "West-Eastern Divan"—Michael Kleeberg virtuously tells their stories and delves into the roots of their cultures.