Reading & discussion (bilingual) | Moderation: Véronique Niedzwetzki (ifa Rostock) | Translation: Everest Girard (freelance author and translator)
In 2006, journalist Patricia Sammer came across the case of Inge Oelze, a fugitive from the GDR. During a series of visits to the provinces, she listens to Inge's life story, the roots of which go back to the end of the Second World War, to the expulsion of the Sudeten Germans from Czechoslovakia. And it gradually appears that Patricia is really dealing with something else, something that goes back to her childhood ...
In the course of the novel, the fates of three women from three generations unravel a web of relationships that reveals not only individual stories, but also German post-war history in East and West.
Maxime Gillio is the author of numerous crime and young adult novels. Inspired by the narration of true events in his personal environment, he enters another literary field with "Grenzüberschreitungen".
Advance booking: €5 plus fee at the press center/at mvticket.de; box office: €8
Students of the University of Rostock/hmt Rostock free with the AStA culture ticket. Registration: reservierung@literaturhaus-rostock.de
Venue: Literaturhaus Rostock (in the Peter-Weiss-Haus), Doberaner Str. 21, 18057 Rostock
An event as part of the Europe Weeks 2026 of the University and Hanseatic City of Rostock in cooperation with the institut franco-allemand Rostock.
