Volume 2 of Kuno Raebers' works brings together five texts - The Liars Are Honest (1960), Calabria (1961), The Dune (1964), The Fire (1965), and Misunderstandings (1968) - showcasing the multifaceted stages of development in the early prose of this powerful author between 1960 and 1968. These texts outline the thematic areas that he later makes the subject of his archaeology of reading. In The Liars Are Honest, Raebers focuses on the escape from the closed world of beliefs of his upbringing as the focal point of the thoughts of four young people about freedom and attachment. The motto from Hofmannsthal's Chandos Letter introduces his lifelong theme of linguistic reflection. The appendix highlights the role of Walter Jens and Ingeborg Bachmann as critical companions to this first prose publication. The Dune transports a writer from Europe to South America.