Paintings on biblical scenes that come to life at night in museum halls...A stupid TV game in which you can win the coveted “valuable prize”...Two sides of the life of a quiet museum caretaker, slowly crossing the line between the real and the surreal and approaching either madness or whether - to Enlightenment.

Patricia Goerg [b. in 1960 in Frankfurt am Main] is a famous scientist, specialist in sociology and psychology. She started writing late, but quickly became famous in Germany and German-speaking countries as a literary critic and playwright.

“The Twine of Happiness” is her debut in the short story genre, which aroused rave reviews from critics and was nominated for the prestigious Ingeborg Bachmann intellectual prize.< /p>