For the ninth meeting of the Goethe Institut’s international online book club, they have invited the author Saša Stanišić to read and discuss his novel Herkunft with them.
Saša Stanišić will read and discuss his book “Herkunft”.
Herkunft is a book about my homelands, in memory and invention. A book about language, working illegally, youth intertwined with many summers. The summer when my grandfather stepped on my grandmother’s foot while dancing in such a way that I was almost never born. The summer when I almost drowned. The summer when Angela Merkel opened the borders, which was just like the summer when I fled across many borders to Germany. Herkunft signifies departure from my demented grandmother. While I collect memories, she loses hers. Herkunft is sad because for me it calls to mind those things which can no longer be had.
Everyone who wants to read, discover, meet German authors online and share their reading experience with others is welcome. The conversation will be in German. All participants should have sufficient language skills to read and discuss in German
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