Hugo Ball's diary memoir Escape from Time (1927) captures the events of the time between 1913 and 1921 through the prism of the author's fragmentary records. Few have encompassed such a considerable number of often contradictory worldviews and artistic positions: from early Nietzscheanism to expressionist theatre, literary bohemia, Zurich anarchist circles and Dada to Gnostic-oriented mysticism and the subsequent conversion to Catholicism. Its complexity, intensity of thought and truth of experience make Escape from Time a valuable contribution to the cultural history of the first half of the 20th century.
The Czech edition