Kurt Kusenberg (1904-1983), art critic, editor, essayist, publishing lecturer, and editor of "Rowohlt's Monographs," was one of the renowned German writers for decades. He avoided the seemingly "grand" forms; Kusenberg's mastery unfolded in the small - in short stories that earned him a reputation as a "miniaturist." Many of these brilliant miniatures depict a world in suspension - between reality and dream, in the borderland of quirky fairy tales, satires, and fantastic literature.