Six stars for the short story! The kickoff of this new series edited by Rafik Schami is the thematic volume on travel. A collection of short stories that revolve around the theme of travel, exploring it, making it tangible both internally and externally, bringing it to life, illuminating it in a multifaceted way, sparkling with linguistic virtuosity, and celebrating it in a poetic tone. This volume also brings the expressive genre of the short story in the German-speaking world out of the shadows, highlighting and honoring it, and celebrating it with a literary homage. It is a fascinating polyphony that makes itself heard here - and it is simply wonderful to know: In the following five years, a new volume will be released with the harbingers of spring. Six beloved authors will write. Each year, a new volume will be published with a new enticing and inspiring theme. Edl.