Antje Rávic Strubel: »Der Einfluss der Fasane«

In the organizer's words:

Not really her thing, "denouncing men": Hella Karl, born in the 70s, capital city journalist, head of the arts section with the best connections to Berlin's star director Kai Hochwerth and "the firm conviction that men are basically closer". Until this celebrated man of the theater kills himself - against the backdrop of the Sydney Opera and thus as spectacularly as his abrupt departure from the theater world. Hochwerth had enjoyed his power. And abused it! Hella found out, published it in her newspaper and brought him down. A scandal that becomes a media scandal - and is a "hounding" at Hella's expense. And this also becomes clear in Antje Rávic Strubel's The Influence of Pheasants: Hella was actually rather taken with Hochwerth's dazzling vanity. Joachim Dicks is literary editor at NDR Kultur and is also taken with Strubel's new novel after Die blaue Frau, which was awarded the German Book Prize in 2021.

Price information:

Reduced admission for pupils, students and trainees as well as holders of the HannoverAktivPass, a severely disabled or unemployment certificate. Tickets are also available in advance from the Annabee bookshop and at the Box Office.