Transl. From German by Ralph Manheim. — Dan Diego: A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers, 1984. — ISBN: 0-15-169969-0
Introduction by Salman Rushdie
On writingDoblin, My Teacher
The Tin Drum in Retrospect or The Author as Dubious Witness
Kafka and His Executors
Racing with the Utopias
What Shall We Tell Our Children?
On politicsLiterature and Revolution or The Rhapsodist's Snorting Hobbyhorse
Erfurt 1970 and 1891 (1970)
On Writing and Politics
Writers and the Trade Unions
A Warning Against the Force of Habit
The Artist's Freedom of Opinion in Our Society
The Destruction of Mankind Has Begun
On the Right to Resist
Superpower Backyards