Usedom Literature Days: Yesterday was already weird and tomorrow will be even more beautiful
An absurdly laconic reading with bestselling author Thomas Kapielski
In Thomas Kapielski's universe, train stations on the other side of the Oder can become a stage for barf flies, controls and trains of thought that oscillate between visa stamps, bureaucratic German and travel provisions. With him, the absurd becomes astonishingly natural, the weird becomes commonplace and Eastern European train compartments are transformed into rolling confessionals.
For decades, the author, critic, visual artist and musician has been working on a body of work between "world wisdom and world stupidity" (Funke), interspersed with journeys to the East, border stations and moments of transit. His prose is an art of juxtaposition: essay fragments, diary splinters, fictions - everything comes together to form collage-like text surfaces in which retro gestures, remnants of everyday life and grotesques of the authorities unfold their own melancholic-comic world logic.
If you want to find out what that sounds like, you shouldn't miss this reading: Thomas Kapielski will be reading from his novels in the seaside resort of Heringsdorf - texts that are as keenly observant as they are lovingly exaggerated, striking an unmistakable tone.
- Tickets at the tourist information offices
- at www.usedomerliteraturtage.de
- at www.reservix.de
- on 038378 34647
