Everybody knows the many-sided artist Picasso. But barely anybody has read his immense lyrical and dramatic oeuvre. More than 300 prose poems and two theater pieces seduce through wonderful word combinations, and often repel through their length and incomprehensibility. How do we find a way through this linguistic labyrinth? Nanette Rifler-Pipka's detailed readings demonstrate that Picasso's literary oeuvre wasn't a capricious creation, but rather demands a place in the history of European literature.