Marius Von Mayenburg: 4 books

A nocturnal flaneur gets caught in a nightmare of murder and desire (The Dog, the Night and the Knife), a canny businessman is suddenly brought low (Eldorado) and two couples get tangled in absurdly comic partner relationships (Perplex In Marius von Mayenburg’s plays, dreams and reality are very closely linked and social existence is an endangered construction.

How far will you go for what you believe? Benjamin won’t do swimming at school. His mother thinks it’s drugs or he’s got body issues. But Benjamin has found God and mixed-sex swimming lessons offend him. Fundamentalism and tolerance clash in this funny, provocative play by leading...

Ralf Peng ist buchstäblich ein geborener Machtmensch. Schon im Mutterleib erdrosselt er seine Zwillingsschwester. Als Säugling dann, dessen geistige Entwicklung schon mit der Geburt abgeschlossen ist, setzt er der "phlegmatischen Stille Europas" seine nächtlichen Schreiattacken entgegen....

Anton’s got it made: dream house, artistic wife, baby on the way. And, as the smoke rises from another city saved by coalition bombs, there’s a fortune to be made rebuilding the wreckage. So what’s he doing forging his boss’s signature? And why has his wife crushed her hands under the piano...