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The Swiss author Ludwig Hohl (1904-1980), whose 100th birthday was commemorated this year on April 9th, is a well-known "Randgänger" in twentieth century German literature. His sharp and biting analytic texts and aphorisms provoked many a reaction. In this article a text from his Notizen, elucidating his view of life as "Außenseitertum" by means of the biblical parable of the Prodigal Son, is scrutinized and placed within a wider literary context. In comparison to texts written by André Gide, Rainer Maria Rilke and Franz Kafka, each of whom also used the parable of the Prodigal Son as a starting-point, one can conclude that this theme, so popular with writers, not only illuminates modernistic thinking, but also clearly demonstrates that Ludwig Hohl is most severe as a writer in his aphoristic commentaries. His conclusion is radical: "Und wäre er wenigstens nicht wiedergekehrt-"