The whole world, still there

To celebrate the fortieth anniversary of Lenos Verlag, forty authors from various countries and cultures invite readers into a city, many of them to "their" city. The texts, appealingly diverse in tone, conciseness, irony, charm, and unmistakable individuality, evoke childhood memories from oblivion, describe the search for happiness in the unknown, express longing for what one calls home, and tell stories of quirky events, loss and hope, sorrow and joy. And they repeatedly revolve around travel and being on the move. It is a reading journey full of surprises. There is the story of the bookseller in Paris who loves his books so much that he doesn't want to sell them; the student in Baghdad who is unexpectedly taken away by the secret service; and the child in Bethlehem.