Liebe schreiben

That is the Tonio Kroeger trap into which he fell for a long time. He writes instead of living. No, worse. He formulates what he would have wanted to feel, in the hope that, in a kind of exchange, he can really call up these feelings in his lovers, which he describes but does not experience himself. He writes in order to then perhaps really have the feelings. That is perverse. Especially because he is not only interested in an exchange: love texts for love feelings. He wants more than that. He wants to commit through his words. He wants to, he now admits to himself this harsh word: he wants to manipulate. Writing love - is that possible? In such a way that love remains free, is nourished, leads to happiness? Hugo Amselstütz is looking for an answer. Will he find one and be liberated? A novel about loving. 'Gutmann succeeds in writing a romance novel full of depth and truthfulness, away from all clichés'.