Sei gegrüßt und lebe!

In the organizer's words:

"If we accession citizens needed a cult book, here it is," claimed the writer Fritz Rudolf Fries after the first publication of the correspondence in the Weltbühne. The book reveals the lives of two unusual women who, despite their different views on life, struggle for their personal happiness, but also for their self-image as writers. Neither of them wants to renounce the ideal of a fairer society, regardless of all dogmas and constraints. They assert themselves with dignity, humor and courage, sometimes desperately, against criticism and hostility. They share marital and everyday worries, comment on the real literary world and face up to tough political debates. In a sisterly manner, the older and more established Christa accompanies her life-loving, anarchic friend Brigitte, who is ultimately marked by illness, until her early death. The correspondence is read by the actresses Christine Hoppe and Fanny Staffa.