For Franz Mon's 90th birthday: His most important essays in one volume. What happens to us when we read, speak, and write, when we articulate ourselves? What do we do with language, and what does it do to us? Throughout his life, Franz Mon, one of the pioneers of experimental literature, has contemplated language, art, and literature. At the heart of his reflections is the concrete and pleasurable experience of tangible signs. Language binds us, trapping us in its cage of rules and functions. At the same time, language also leads us into the open and the surprising. In playing with its infinite possibilities, we can repeatedly experience how free we are. This volume gathers the most important essays by Franz Mon from 60 years - a unique, comprehensive overview, supplemented by numerous self-commentaries from the author and an afterword by Michael Lentz.