Knut, a carpenter, has lost his wife and meets a young girl who compulsively eats chicken. A woman is fascinated by a war-loving former Afghanistan fighter, while a little girl reacts to the constraints of everyday life with rhymes. Encounters with the ghosts of Germany's past, the beauty of pigs or a friend's desire to grow a beard: Doris Konradi explores the absurd and bizarre in her new stories. In everyday scenes or big decision-making moments, the characters are often at odds with the expectations of others. Whether it is a partnership and family or a terrorist group, every encounter challenges the individual to find their own point of view. The multiple award-winning stories arm themselves with poetic depth of focus against the impositions of life.