Of the near past and the distant present. "It seems to me that I have entered a time in which much that has survived, in part, for centuries, is now disappearing. "Why does man need a "wellness alarm clock"? Why does everyone strive for a defined body, but speak an indefinable German? And if everyone is on stand-by, why do so few have a point of view? - By comparing the past with the present, Bernd-Lutz Lange settles accounts with the zeitgeist. "Thoughtful and nostalgic, poetic and political." Sächsische Zeitung "Satirical short stories plucked directly from everyday life." Berliner Zeitung.