Dmitrij Kapitelman: Russische Spezialitäten

In the organizer's words:

A family torn apart between Leipzig and Kyiv - Dmitrij Kapitelman in the taz Talk at the Leipzig Book Fair.

Dmitrij Kapitelman's new book is a bittersweet and deeply political story about family, war and understanding.

The taz Studio at the Leipzig Book Fair
Program overview
Where: Hall 5 | G500
Leipzig Book Fair

Registration is not required. As we have a very limited capacity on site, we kindly ask you to be at the venue early. The event will be streamed live on YouTube.
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A family from Kyiv sells Russian specialties in Leipzig: Vodka, pelmeni, SIM cards, sailor shirts. But since the invasion of Ukraine, the once unifying Eastern European feeling has cracked. The mother is on Putin's side, while her son, who loves his mother, Kyiv and the Russian language, is desperately struggling with reality. His journey back to Ukraine in the middle of wartime is anything but wise, but his only way to free his mother from the maelstrom of Russian propaganda.

Kapitelman combines tragedy, tenderness and humor in a unique novel about what wars destroy between people and generations and shows what remains nonetheless.

Russian specialties - a taz Talk in the taz Studio at the Leipzig Book Fair with:

🐾 Dimitrij Kapitelman, born in Kyjiw in 1986, came to Germany with his family as a "contingent refugee" at the age of eight. He studied political science and sociology at the University of Leipzig and graduated from the German School of Journalism in Munich. Today he works as a freelance journalist. His new book has been published by Hanser Literaturverlage.

🐾 Doris Akrap moderates this taz Talk. Doris Akrap has worked as an editor, author and columnist at taz since 2008 and is currently head of the society section. She is also a publicist, juror, moderator and board member at Pen Berlin.

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