Marie-Luise Scherer once described her writing as a work of syllables; every sentence must fit like a glove. This highest standard of observational accuracy and artistry in formulation may be one reason why we have so few texts from her today. However, those that she did release for publication have met with the greatest and lasting admiration. Readers, fellow writers, and literary prize juries have all shown themselves equally fascinated. In recent years, Marie-Luise Scherer has received several prestigious literary awards. She used the acceptance speeches that were required of her to create prose pieces about the people who have been and are important in her life: about her grandparents, her parents, and her family circumstances. She focuses on what is often overlooked, seemingly insignificant, the creaturely, and the animals. Just like her.