SpeakEasy

In the organizer's words:

the only literary show that mixes fact, fiction and booze! | by Rebecca Maria Salentin

as part of the Literary Autumn Festival

Pssssst: Rebecca Maria Salentin's legendary Leipzig literary show is back! In a new look and at a new location, it's finally back: the only literary show that mixes fact, fiction and booze! The badly painted German flag becomes SpeakEasy. And for the premiere of the literary show in the style of a speakeasy, there couldn't have been a more fitting first guest author than New York-based author Dorothee Elmiger with her new novel Die Holländerinnen.

With warning lights flashing, the narrator, an unnamed writer, pulls over to the side of the road when an unexpected phone call reaches her. On the line is a celebrated theater producer who is trying to win her over for his latest project - a play set in the tropics, the reconstruction of a case. A few weeks later, she sets off to join the theater group on their journey deep into the jungle.

Dorothee Elmiger tells a disturbing story of humans and monsters, of fear and violence, of being lost in the universe and of the failure of narratives. Whoever enters this text falls into the abyss of our world and looks into the darkness with eyes wide open.

Rebecca Maria Salentin is an author, speaker and moderator. From 2019 to 2023, she initiated the literary show Die schlecht gemalte Deutschlandfahne. Most recently, she published the bestsellers Klub Drushba and Iron Woman. Her work has been awarded numerous grants and prizes.

Dorothee Elmiger, born in Switzerland in 1985, is a freelance author and translator living in New York. Her books Einladung an die Waghalsigen (2010), Schlafgänger (2014) and Aus der Zuckerfabrik (2020) have been translated into numerous languages, adapted for the stage and received numerous awards.

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