Garbage presses, döner, ponies, Eugen-Jonathan, and many other themes merge in this book in a wondrous way to create a total work of art. This is the world of Jan Philipp Zymny: quirky stories, haikus, and other poems. He creates an inviting fantasy world, whose twisted reality immediately invites you to linger. Sometimes bold and simple, then again refined and witty, the author takes his readers on an excursion that will not be easily forgotten. Perhaps never. Jan Philipp Zymny is the reigning German-speaking champion in Poetry Slam 2013, and "Hin und zurück nur bergauf" is not just a mere collection of poetry slam texts. With a lot of surreal humor and surprising ideas, Jan Philipp Zymny describes in quirky tales and poems an imaginative world where everything seems to somehow be interconnected.