Hanns-Josef Ortheil: Schwebebahnen

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Reading and discussion on the Day of Libraries

Hanns-Josef Ortheil is one of the most popular and most widely read contemporary German authors. In his new novel "Schwebebahnen" (Suspended Railways), he tells a touchingly intense story of internal and external reconstruction in post-war western Germany. "Schwebebahnen" is the story of an initially autistic boy who discovers his own imaginary worlds, carried by music. At the same time, it is a grand panorama of a deeply traumatized society.

Hanns-Josef Ortheil will be talking to Prof. Dr. Renate Overbeck and Prof. Dr. Bernhard Rank about his latest book at Reutlingen City Library.

Hanns-Josef Ortheil is an honorary professor at the University of Heidelberg and a member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. In 2009, he became the first director of the newly founded "Institute for Literary Writing and Literary Studies" at the University of Hildesheim. His books have won several awards and have been translated into over twenty languages.

In cooperation with Freunde der Stadtbibliothek Reutlingen e.V.