"Damenwahl" is a panorama in which the protagonist Jakob has to navigate various life journeys: from pre-Alpine boarding school years, an explosive officer training school, and a high-flying experience on the Pilatus, to cozy culinary strolls in Vienna, a quirky trout dance, marital troubles, and the complicated witness of offspring. For those familiar with the author's work in a poetic and picturesque way, it can be said: Avanti has remained true to itself. Why not? Why wander far away when the bizarre, the grotesque, delightful tastes and sounds, refreshment, sensual pleasure, and... are so close at hand?.