Satzwende: Lesung und Gespräch mit Luca Kieser

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Sentence turnaround: Reading and talk with Luca Kieser

About the book "Pink Elephant"

It all starts with a headbutt. While Germany dreams of its summer fairytale at the 2006 World Cup, 14-year-old Vincent finds new friends in those who beat him up. He soon calls them brothers, smokes shisha with them, hangs out on the street - and yet he is back in his parents' house every night. When things get serious, he realizes that it's all been just a game so far. At least for him. While he smears tanning cream on his face, Ali falls into a coma after jumping out of a window, Tarek can no longer be reached - and a reality strikes in which there are problems that Vincent could never have imagined.

Kieser takes an unsparing look at the gulf between the worlds in which young people can live and reveals the painful consequences that these differences entail.
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The author

Luca Kieser was born in Tübingen in 1992. He studied philosophy and language arts in Heidelberg, Leipzig and Vienna, where he now lives. He has received awards including the Wortmeldungen Förderpreis, the Lyrik-Lichtungen-Stipendium and the FM4 Wortlaut.
His debut novel "Weil da war etwas im Wasser" was on the ORF bestseller list three times in a row and was nominated for the German Book Prize 2023. His second novel "Pink Elephant", which tells of friendship, belonging and everyday racism, was published in fall 2024

Photo: Ina Aydogan

A reading series by Literaturhaus, Literaturkontor and bremer shakespeare company. The 90-minute event will be moderated by Jens Laloire from the Literaturhaus.

At SATZWENDE, Luca Kieser will read from his novel Pink Elephant and present his column written for the digital literary magazine on the monthly focus #PRIVILEGIEN.

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Price information:

normal: 12 € reduced: 8 €