Discusses Drrenmatt's major works - novels, stories, radio-plays, stage-plays, essays, lectures, speeches and artworks. This book places him in context as a major contributor to the European cultural scene. It charts and reinterprets the genesis and fortunes of each work, with quotations from the original texts.

The predominant lieder singer of his generation, Fischer-Dieskau also had a distinguished career on the operatic stage. This biography provides a comprehensive and frank account of his extraordinary career, from his debut in Verdi's Don Carlos in 1948 to his farewell concert appearance in 1992.