The topic is the particular rather than the general, the singular rather than the system, the un-said rather than what has, by consensus, always been said.
»Gerstl’s language is part of a universal, urban but equally provincial and Viennese world of fantasy, thoughts and reality. This language is the product of a concrete historical and geographical situation which the author co-created. Reminiscences about the so-called Vienna Group, its protagonists, its literary ancestors, its life style and myths are no coincidence.« (Thomas Rothschild)