Ein Werk von Bedeutung und Könnerschaft, vergleichbar mit Salingers ›Fänger im Roggen‹
Die Zeit
ALEXA HENNIG VON LANGE
RELAX
A Novel, 320 pp.
First published in 1997 – the cult novel of pop-literature celebrates its 20th anniversary
“A work of importance and great skills, comparable to J. D. Salinger’s ‘The Catcher in the Rye.’” – DIE ZEIT
In “Relax” Alexa Henning von Lange is telling about young people who are familiar with all drugs available – marihuana, cocaine, ecstasy or just unidentifiable pills.
It’s time to party. In best Bukowsky-tradition there is a lot and blunt talk about sex: next to ecstasy and beer it is a quick remedy against deathly boredom – if need be with the help of Harald the vibrator.
“Relax” is a trip through a weekend, rapidly cut with brisk dialogues. And it is a love story: cool and completely immoral, outrageously funny and amazingly heartrending.
