Literature circle Stralsund on the 125th birthday of Anna Seghers - "Transit"

1/15/26 in Stralsund

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To mark the 125th anniversary of Anna Seghers' birth, the Stralsund Literature Circle invites you to a special reading session. It is dedicated to her novel "Transit", one of the most moving books about flight, identity and the state of waiting between two worlds.

Heinrich Böll called "Transit" the most beautiful novel that Anna Seghers wrote, and the writer Christa Wolf confessed: "Transit is one of those books that intervene in my life, that my life continues to write on, so that I have to pick it up every few years to see what has happened to me and to them in the meantime."

Written in exile in Mexico during the Second World War, "Transit" tells the story of a nameless German refugee in Marseille, the last gateway before crossing to freedom. He comes into possession of the papers of a deceased writer, while thousands desperately wait for a transit visa that will decide between life and death.
Marseille becomes a surreal limbo, a harbor for the stranded where the bureaucracy of fear reigns. Here, at this crossroads of human existence, the protagonist meets the mysterious Marie, the wife of the dead writer, and a captivating, fateful love story unfolds.

We cordially invite all those interested to read the 300-page novel and come to the book discussion in January 2026:

When: 15.01.2026, 7 pm
Where: City library
Registration: no registration required, admission free

The Literaturkreis Stralsund is an open group of reading enthusiasts in cooperation with the Stralsund City Library who meet monthly to discuss books. The program preview is available at www.literaturkreis-stralsund.de.

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free event

Event dates
  • Thursday, Jan 15, 2026 19:00 o'clock
Event Location

Stralsund City Library

Badenstraße 13
18439 Stralsund


stadtbibliothek@stralsund.de
+49 3831 253678
Contact the organiser

Stefanie Jarantowski

Ossenreyerstraße 20
18439 Stralsund


stefanie@literaturkreis-stralsund.de
03831 3031066

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