This literary journey begins with the German author Alfred Andersch and ends with film director Fred Zinnemann. On the way, there will be glimpses of selected works by Theodor Fontane, Heinrich Heine, Thomas Mann and Joanne K. Rowling. The chapters centre around and explore the issue of freedom.
The book provides an opportunity to get in touch with some important German literary works in translation.

Gudrun Rogge-Wiest is a teacher of English and Chemistry in Germany. The title of her PhD is Wahrnehmung und Perspektivik in ausgewählten Romanen Virginia Woolfs (Perception and point of view in selected novels by Virginia Woolf).