Sekunde durch Hirn: Ein unheimlich schnell rotierender Roman

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Sekunde durch Hirn: Ein unheimlich schnell rotierender Roman

by Melchior Vischer

DE·~56 minutes·3 chapters

Chapters

3 total

MELCHIOR VISCHER - SEKUNDE DURCH HIRN

0:29

PRO UND EPILOG

1:32

DER ROMAN

54:46

Description

A whirlwind of fragmented thoughts crashes through the narrator’s mind, turning philosophy, poetry and street‑level absurdity into a single, breathless rush. The opening throws you onto a construction scaffold where Jörg watches the world tilt, his observations flaring between grotesque erotic detail and hyper‑logical riddles about circles, snakes and the impossibility of straight lines. The prose spins like a neon‑lit carousel, mixing Nietzsche‑esque musings with garbled dialogues that feel part carnival chant, part academic lecture.

Soon the scene twists into a bizarre tableau of characters—an ecstatic mathematician‑turned‑coach, a dancing “Neger” in electric light, and a chorus of ministers losing their “Klemmer.” Their interactions burst with vivid, often shocking imagery that simultaneously mocks and reveres high culture and low gutter humor. As the narrative spins faster, the reader is invited to surrender to the chaotic rhythm, letting the novel’s relentless energy become a mirror for the frantic tempo of modern consciousness.

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Language

de

Duration

~56 minutes (54K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Jens Sadowski

Release date

2010-06-14

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

MV

Melchior Vischer

1895–1975

A restless experimental voice from the Prague and Berlin avant-garde, he moved through Dada, Expressionism, fiction, and theater with unusual speed and energy. Best known for the 1920 novel Sekunde durch Hirn, he brought a sharp, modern edge to German-language writing.

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