"Ausradiert / American Fiction" - Percival Everett in Conversation

In the organizer's words:

Whether western parody, espionage thriller or reinterpretation of classics: the US bestselling author Percival Everett ("Telephone", "James" and others), who has won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, moves masterfully between a variety of themes, styles and genres in his more than thirty novels. He has been teaching literature and creative writing at the University of Southern California since 1998; this spring he is an American Academy Distinguished Visitor in Berlin. He is appearing in Germany for the first time on the occasion of the new German edition of "Ausradiert" (Hanser // Engl. by Jens Seeling) - a satire on clichéd notions of blackness in the publishing industry. He talks to Michael Ebert, editor-in-chief of SZ-Magazin, about American myths, racist stereotypes and political certainties - and about the power of literature.

EVENT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Following the discussion, we will screen the film "American Fiction" (2023, 117 min., directed by Cord Jefferson), which is based on the acclaimed novel "Erasure" by Percival Everett.

Price information:

ADMISSION: EURO 20.- / 10.- STREAM TICKETS: EURO 8.- (Free admission to the film // film not included in the stream) The stream can be booked up to 5 minutes before the start of the event & will then be available for 72 hours. You can find access to all STREAMING events at www.literaturhaus-muenchen.de/stream. You will find your personal 4-digit access code on your ticket. AND OFF YOU GO! The STREAM starts about 5 minutes before the event begins.