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The collection presents seven short stories that are among the most important texts of postwar German-language literature. Even in a cruel, violence-ridden world, there is room for finding a haven. Almost all of the works deal with love between a man and a woman. The author touches upon the eternal themes of life and death in various, sometimes unexpected images and forms ("But I live! I am living! There is no doubt about it," says the protagonist of the story "The Thirtieth Year"). Ingeborg Bachmann rehabilitates the memory of his ambiguous era, bringing us closer to the inner world of a man lost and found.