Teatime Reading & Discussion with Coffee, Tea, and Cookies | Hosted by Ulrika Rinke (Literaturhaus Rostock) | Stream/Media Library: www.twitch.tv/lithaus
Schleswig-Holstein: Salt marshes. Flocks of birds. Wind turbines. Back at her parents’ house, the narrator almost becomes a young girl again herself, recalling her domineering mother: the Protestant pastor who was always there for everyone else but forgot her own child at the supermarket. She used to wear pumps under her robe, but now wears a real-hair wig as she plans her own funeral. How do you deal with old wounds when there isn’t much time left? How do you say goodbye when it’s actually too soon? Is it okay to laugh while you’re grieving? This exceptionally beautiful debut novel blends comedy and tragedy and creates space for questions that we all face sooner or later.
Marie-Louise Monrad Møller, born in Odense in 1986, is a writer and holds a Ph.D. in art history. She studied creative writing in Hildesheim and Biel and received a scholarship from the state of Schleswig-Holstein in 2022 to work on her debut novel.
Advance tickets: €5 plus fee at the Press Center or at mvticket.de; box office: €8
Free admission with the Kulturticket for students at the University of Rostock, hmt Rostock, and the University of Applied Sciences Wismar—please register at reservierung@literaturhaus-rostock.de
Coffee, tea, and pastries available for a donation
Location: Café Marat at the Literaturhaus Rostock (in the Peter-Weiss-Haus), Doberaner Str. 21, 18057 Rostock
Stream/Media Library: www.twitch.tv/lithaus
A joint event organized by the Rostock Church Region and the Literaturhaus Rostock as part of the themed week “EPILOG – On Farewells and Moving On“
