"The brightest European author of my generation" - Neel Mukherjee. In this volume, Jenny Erpenbeck gathers various contributions and speeches on literature, art, music, and politics, alongside previously unpublished autobiographical texts. We learn what inspires her in the works of others, where she connects, and what she stands for in her writings on Wagner's "Götterdämmerung," the works of Thomas Mann, Heimito von Doderer, or the Brothers Grimm. In this essayistic work, created in parallel to her novels, she also reflects on her own writing and life, providing insight into her thought processes and the background of her artistic creation.