Der verstörte Eros

In his new book Dieter Wellershoff follows the traces of love and desire in the literature of the last 200 years. Love, passion, seduction and adultery have always been important subjects for authors, but their meaning has changed continuously. Wellershoff connects in a most exciting way the sexual elements of the works, the authors´ biographies and their historical circumstances from Goethe to Houellebecq. An exciting walk through the last two centuries of literature entertainingly written by an expert of literature.