Zu Gast im Labyrinth

New Poems by Günter Kunert: "One who rubs against the circumstances through writing to preserve the world." Carsten Hueck, Deutschlandfunk

"Walking barefoot in the sand of the beach, childhood lives on. Grandmother, tell me a fairy tale before you die. I was Pinocchio for a time, my heart wooden at the sight of silent people and silent ruins." In his latest poems, Günter Kunert looks back to his childhood, reflecting on a tumultuous life in a turbulent time. At the same time, he observes his present with his characteristic unillusioned sharpness. Sometimes in unabashedly bitter tones, sometimes in melancholic mood pieces, Günter Kunert continues to leave his unmistakable mark as one of the most important voices of post-war German literature.