The book at hand is the product of an extensive conversation that was recorded in 2004 in Vienna by Christine Lecer. The startling discussion between two women, who share many things and are passionate about literature, reveals completely unknown aspects of a perceptive, sensitive writer endowed with biting humor.

Through this conversation, topics such as childhood, the mass graves of history, the language of man, the speech of women, the subversive power of the phrase, and the life of words are discussed. For the mastery of Elfriede Jelinek lies primarily in her ability to compel language to confess what it conceals.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]