It's Late, I Can't Breathe: A Nocturnal Narrative (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781482743791)

Mario Wirz was born in Marburg, Germany, in 1956 and worked as an author, director, and actor. In 1988 he moved to Berlin to be a free-lance writer. His work includes numerous plays, collections of poems and short stories, and novels. His prose works include "Es ist sp't, ich kann nicht atmen: Ein n'chtlicher Bericht (It's Late, I Can't Breathe: A Nocturnal Narrative), " 1992, "Biographie eines lebendigen Tages, " 1994, and "Umarmungen am Ende der Nacht, " 1999. His works of poetry include "Und Traum zerzaust dein Haar, " 1982, "All die vielen Nachtschritte, " 1984, "Ich rufe die W'lfe, " 1993, "Das Herz dieser Stunde, " 1997, "Sieben Leben hat die Woche, " 2003, and "Sturm vor der Stille, " 2006. "It's Late, I Can't Breathe" is the first of his works to be published in English translation. The translator, Alfred G. Meyer, was a professor of political science at the University of Michigan from 1966 to 1990.