The Sanatorium at the Hourglass is a book about the flowing and the stagnant, about the rampant, branching, and the retrogressive passage of time. It is a book about the seasons with their light and their scents, but also a book of childlike, delicate eroticism, and last but not least, a book of grotesque figures that opens up a fantastic universe. Following the highly praised new translation of Cinnamon Shops, Schulz's second book is now also available in a masterful new translation that confidently brings his exuberantly vivid language into German.