One of the most magnificent prose works in the German language. Botho Strauss' major work, the grand novel trilogy "River Without Banks," which he wrote under the influence of Franz Kafka, Marcel Proust, and James Joyce, vividly portrays the obsessions and existential crises of modern man, is finally available again in a beautiful edition! "As if it had emerged from the fog, the beautiful ship suddenly became visible." Thus begins the over 2000-page-long novel trilogy "River Without Banks." On the ship, there is a secret, possibly deadly cargo, and a stowaway: Gustav Horn. His fiancée, the captain's daughter, will not survive the journey. Then the ship sinks. But for Horn, the journey is far from over; it will take him across continents and down into the depths of humanity. A colossal novel.