Flight out of Time

Flight out of Time: A Dada Diary (German: Die Flucht aus der Zeit) is a 1927 book by the German writer Hugo Ball. It is an edited version of Ball's diaries from the years 1913 to 1921, which includes his time in the Dada movement at Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich, as well as his quick rejection of Dada and modern literature in general. The book consists of personal notes and excerpts from mystical and anarchist literature.^[1][2]

Flight out of Time

Author	Hugo Ball
Original title	Die Flucht aus der Zeit
Language	German
Publisher	Duncker & Humblot [de]
Publication date	1927
Publication place	Germany
Published in English	1 October 1974[1]
Pages	332

The original diaries are lost so it is unknown to what extent Ball changed their content, but the changes were made to emphasise a trajectory away from Dadaism and anarchism and toward Ball's later interest in Catholic theology.^[3] Ball's wife Emmy Hennings described the book in a letter as a "very edited diary" and "by no means directly copied" from the original texts.^[2] The title Flight out of Time is a reference to monastic life. The book was published a few months before Ball's death at the age of 41.^[2]