Teatime reading & discussion | Moderation: Stefan Härtel (Bookster_HRO)
Fitting in, just not standing out, that is the price of arrival for Vio. She has to be more diligent - and more beautiful. Shortly after the fall of the Romanian dictatorship, Vio came to Germany from Banat with her parents. Despite all the resistance, she found her place in society. Years later, however, when her young daughter is scarred in an accident, she is in danger of breaking down because of her self-reproach: Can her child never become a beautiful woman again? What will she be denied - and what will she be spared? At the same time, the novel tells a story from the 18th century: of a woman from the Banat who has to pay a high price for being considered desirable. What is inherited, what does society inscribe - and how do you leave external standards behind? An intense debut "about origins, motherhood and the ideals of beauty that women have always been at the mercy of" (Mareike Fallwickl).
Betty Boras, born in Romania in 1984, studied German, Philosophy and Spanish in Tübingen, works as a secondary school teacher and lives with her family near Stuttgart.
Advance booking: €8/€5 reduced plus fee at the press center/at mvticket.de, box office: €12/€8 reduced
*Reduced for: Pupils, members of the Literaturhaus Rostock e.V., severely disabled persons
Students of the University of Rostock/hmt Rostock free with the AStA culture ticket. Registration: reservierung@literaturhaus-rostock.de
Location: Literaturhaus Rostock (in the Peter-Weiss-Haus), Doberaner Str. 21, 18057 Rostock
