About this book
Das rasende Leben — Zwei Novellen by Kasimir Edschmid grabs you from the first line with a fierce inquiry into what it means to "live wildly" in a world on the verge of upheaval. These two linked novellas trace encounters charged with political tension, intimate revelation, and a restless appetite for experience, set against urban backdrops from Utrecht to Paris and shadowed by early-20th-century anxieties.
Edschmid, writing amid the ferment of pre‑World War I German letters, dedicates the volume to the spirit of Georg Büchner and blends crisp realist observation with an expressionist intensity. Scenes of heated debate over tea, unexpected discoveries in hidden rooms, and portraits of friends remade by adventure reveal themes of vitality, mortality, and the social pressures that fracture identity. The prose is spare yet vivid, conjuring light, shadow, and the quick, often disquieting motions of human life without ever resolving into easy moralizing.
Ideal for listeners of literary fiction and short-form psychological drama, this audiobook offers a compact, atmospheric experience—perfect for anyone who appreciates early 20th‑century German literature, sharp character studies, and stories that leave a resonant, lingering charge.
