NIMM PLATZ - KÖLNER LITERATURSOMMER MIT GERRIT WUSTMANN

In the organizer's words:

Gerrit Wustmann reads a short story from the story collection Nothing about it is funny

Imagine that one morning Mr. Gräber from the citizens' registration office appears at your door and says: You don't exist! Together with official documents. And the horror of bureaucracy slowly creeps up your spine. How do you get out of it? Doesn't sound funny? It isn't ... or maybe it is a little bit.

The story of Mr. Gräber's visit is told by Cologne author Gerrit Wustmann in a reading from his story collection "Nichts daran ist witzig" (Nothing about it is funny), and he also presents his new book "Sterben in deinem Geweih" (Dying in your antlers).

"Wustmann teases out the unease that sits well veiled behind prosperity and habit in everyday life, allowing us to balance between the pleasure of horror and outright terror. His stories exert an enormous pull." (booknerds.de)

The Cologne Summer of Literature is curated by the Cologne Literature Scene

NIMM PLATZ am Neumarkt is a joint project of Cologne's cultural administration and the independent cultural scene, with contributions from the University of Music and Dance (HfMT) and the Academy of Media Arts (KHM).