HEROES - Alexander Scheer singt David Bowie // Musikalisch-literarische Eröffnung des Harbour Front Literaturfestivals 2025

In the organizer's words:

The Harbour Front Literature Festival is delighted to welcome Édouard Louis with his new book "The Crash"!

The French author will present his latest work, in which he paints a tender portrait of his brother's story, about a life marked by social inequality, lost dreams and biographical ruptures. He gained international fame with books such as "The End of Eddy" and "Who Killed My Father", in which he impressively combines personal experiences with a social perspective.

We cordially invite you to an evening full of haunting and moving conversations!

About the book "The Crash"

France's biggest literary sensation.

In his new major novel, Édouard Louis tells the disturbing story of his brother for the first time with his characteristic sharpness of observation. It is the story of a constantly failing dreamer: forced into a role in the working world at an early age with no way out or opportunities for advancement, he wishes for a greater life. One in which he restores cathedrals, travels the world and receives the love of his father. But none of this is possible in his social reality and he sinks into alcohol and gambling addiction. He remains a tragic fantasist who is found dead in his small apartment at the age of thirty-eight.

This book is the story of his breakdown, and at the same time a tender portrait of his brother, who, in touching scenes, repeatedly tries to show the younger Édouard a different path in life than his own.

"The way Édouard Louis reflects on his life has an enormous uplifting power." Edgar Selge

Release date: September 17, 2025

About the author:

His novel "The End of Eddy" made him internationally famous in 2015. In it, he tells of his childhood in a village in northern France in the most precarious of circumstances. In "How to Become Someone Else", he tells the story of how he left the boundaries of his origins behind him. His books are published in 35 languages and are adapted for the theater on stages all over the world. His most recent books are "In the Heart of Violence", "Who Killed My Father" and "A Woman's Freedom". Édouard Louis lives in Paris.

Price information:

Admission / Start: 19.00 / 19.30 Laeiszhalle (Kleiner Saal) Ticket prices: 44,95 EUR / 39,95 EUR / 29,95 EUR / 19,95 EUR