The second highlight of his work after "River Without Banks" (Die Zeit): Hans Henny Jahnn's "Perrudja" is a novel of literary stature comparable to "Ulysses" or "Berlin Alexanderplatz." It is an intense engagement with the reality of life. The expressionist novel, which Hans Henny Jahnn conceived during World War I in Norwegian exile, tells the life story and visions of the man Perrudja, who, having grown up alone in the mountains, suddenly finds a patron in a mysterious stranger. He shares with him his past, his love for the proud Signe—a past whose fragments he tries to reclaim. However, his entanglements lead him to dedicate himself to a larger plan: a monumental design for the renewal of humanity, aimed at turning the world for the better and bringing peace to mankind.