Don Juan de la Mancha oder Die Erziehung der Lust

The story of love is a story of liberation struggles. Programmatically, the first sentence of Robert Menasse's novel sets the tone, and the overture has left many critics in awe and terror. The realization that celibacy spares one from two things: boredom and pain, burns devilishly. Fifty-three-year-old Nathan is spared nothing. "Why can't I enjoy myself? My father always had a good time." In search of the lost desire of the post-68 generation, many women cross his path. Friends, a marriage, another marriage, many lovers – nothing fulfills him. Nathan is on the path of discontent, and it comes to fruition. In one of the most entertaining novels of recent years, Robert Menasse paints a portrait of a generation, the post-68 society. It is not a love story in the classical sense.