Irgendwann ist Schluss

Life is a wild struggle, and language is the most important weapon. With vigor, wit, and passion, Markus Orths tells the stories of people who fight against ancient fears and concrete existential threats; people who strive for love and understanding, for security, dignity, and self-determination: A man seeks refuge from perceived enemies in the palace of his childhood, becoming a prisoner of himself in the process. An angry citizen sues the Federal Republic of Germany. A corporate chief is lured into a trap and confronted with his victims. Everywhere, it’s about the whole picture: in therapy, on a deserted island, while ghostwriting dissertations, or during the adventurous search for something long desired. In his new stories, Markus Orths plays variably and virtuously with genres and situations that can tip into the grotesque at any moment – as if life were the arrangement on a snooker table, a chamber play in a restaurant, or the script for a television soap. Roles are casually exchanged, expectations are broken, and plenty of twists are thrown in. And time and again, someone screams or whispers: 'At some point, it has to end.'.