Telling to survive. A few months after Terézia Mora was awarded the German Book Prize in autumn 2013 for her novel "The Monster," she delivered her Poetics Lectures in Frankfurt. Step by step, she recounted how she created her unparalleled literary universe, starting with short stories and then moving on to her numerous award-winning novels. These lectures were an event. Anyone wanting to learn more about Terézia Mora, her work, writing, and literature in general can now read the lectures delivered in Frankfurt. Terézia Mora's Poetics Lectures in Frankfurt begin with a powerful image. She recounts how she recently went to the cinema with her young daughter to watch an animated film. In it, a family of cavemen had to leave their cave and suddenly faced a strange and threatening world.