Jakob schläft

Klaus Merz tells the story of a family whose paths repeatedly lead into abysses and ambushes. Away from the intersections where illness and death take precedence, life is lived, love is shared, and fish is divided in cheerful bigamy with two Eskimo wives. By focusing on the details, the narrator casts the events in a often surprising light. Almost casually, Klaus Merz sketches a picture of the fifties and early sixties that remains committed not to nostalgia, but always to life.