Michael Bittner - Deutsche im Wind

Michael Bittner is a political columnist, critical spirit and satirist. This ominous combination means that his own country and its inhabitants often seem strange to him. In his new book "Germans in the Wind", he has collected the best stories and satires from the past few years. He writes about the changing function of jogging trousers, the phenomenology of snoring and the existential significance of the regulars' table. He climbs into the volcanic pool with monkeys, visits compatriots in their natural habitat (Müritz, Bavarian Forest, party conference) and stays in the Eurocity with drunken Westphalians. He is always an eloquent chronicler, subtle commentator and participant observer at the same time. While mocking others, Bittner never forgets to look at his own weaknesses. Because you are always more German than you think.

"Michael Bittner is as clever as three, as stable as two and can write like hardly anyone else." (André Herrmann)