The Never-Ending Trek

Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding 2022

The book by Karl-Markus Gauß that you’ve always wanted to read. He reports on a Muslim sommelier in the Albanian town of Berat and recounts the jaw-dropping story of Central Europe’s largest military training area. He praises the richness of European languages and draws parallels between modern society, hungry for sensation and bygone audiences of gladiators. Wherever we follow him, we walk in the footsteps of a sensitive flâneur who creates universal observations from details.

In his new book, Gauß, a »specialist of remote places« (Neue Zürcher Zeitung) captivates the reader with his distinctive point of view, his mastery of multiple genres and elegant style.