Wiebke Porombka traces a cultural history of speed in all its forms: From Alfred Döblin and Stefan Zweig to Charlie Chaplin and Tom & Jerry, on to the 1950s kitchen with the “5-minute terrine,” to sports, transportation, and urban planning.
Speed is a defining feature of modern life. But it is only when speed is rejected that things get truly interesting, because suddenly the demand for speed becomes a moral category. This thought experiment seeks to explore this.
»Porombka weaves thought-provoking connections in the blink of an eye: literature meets YouTube, Charlie Chaplin is juxtaposed with Tom and Jerry, and in witty anecdotes, people stumble over their own frantic pace or fall out of an aeroplane toilet.« (Lukas Meschik, Buchkultur)
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