LESUNG: Claudia Rikl - Elbland

In the organizer's words:

Loss, thinks Nina. You can only lose what was there before, so that you can feel it, touch it. Mom was air between your fingers.

After the death of her mother, actress Nina loses her voice. Her mother's silence chokes her. Too many questions remain unanswered: What shook Irma so badly that she was never able to give her eldest daughter the warmth she longed for? What happened that last summer on the banks of the Elbe, when Nina's sister Katja disappeared over the green border and the family broke up forever? In her search for buried truths, Nina follows in her family's footsteps to the Czech Giant Mountains. Here she finally feels the sun on her skin and the ground under her feet again. And she comes across a photograph that leads her to the roots of the silence.
The story of the Sudeten German expulsion unfolds in flashbacks, which has a painful effect right up to the present day. For it is only when what has been kept secret finally comes to light that healing can begin.

Information about the author Claudia Rikl:
Claudia Rikl, born in 1972, grew up in Naumburg. She studied law and literature and lives with her family in Leipzig. After "Das Ende des Schweigens", "Der stumme Bruder" is her second novel.

Look forward to a fantastic evening with Claudia Rikl and presenter Katrin Schumacher on Saturday, 21.03.2026, in your Hugendubel bookstore Leipzig Petersstr.

Price information:

Normal price 10€, 30% discount with customer card