Reading & discussion as part of the Peter Weiss Week 2025 | Moderation: Jens Lippert (Literaturhaus Rostock/RISSE)
Nana is a coach; in the election campaign, she wants to support the mayoral candidate of the "Future Greens" - against the "Blue" candidate, in a town on the edge of Saxony, full of returning women, founders on the move, who are fighting for their homeland. But Nana finds understanding and support from someone on the far right, of all people. And she comes face to face again with her own despair and anger at a society that has pushed her away for years.
This novel is an authentic account of the upheavals in a small East German town: a struggle of each and every individual for recognition and hope. The insults of the past thirty years serve as weapons.
"Elsa Koester tells the story of how fascism arises today."Daniel Schulz (author and journalist)
Elsa Koester was born in 1984 in Berlin, where she lives today. She is a political journalist and co-editor-in-chief of the weekly newspaper "Der Freitag". Following her debut novel "Couscous mit Zimt", her highly acclaimed political novel "Im Land der Wölfe" was published in 2024.
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Box office: €10/€6 reduced*
Students of the University of Rostock/hmt Rostock free with the AStA culture ticket. Registration: reservierung@literaturhaus-rostock.de
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