Stephen-King-Abend

In the organizer's words:

Dead animals that rise from the dead. Machines that turn against their owners. Horror clowns that eat small children: for decades, Stephen King has been turning people's nightmares into one bestseller after another. "Cemetery of the Cuddly Animals", "It" and "The Shining" have long been classics of the horror genre. Is this great literature?

"Yes," say Literaturhaus director Antje Flemming and Jan Ehlert, host of the NDR book podcast eat.READ.sleep. and celebrate their passion for Stephen King just before Halloween: with their favorite books, their scariest reading experiences and lots of fun facts about the world of Stephen King. How has his style changed over the decades? What does that say about our fears? And why do we love to be creeped out when we read? Selected passages are read by Stephan Benson, another enthusiastic connoisseur of King's work.

Stephen King, born in Portland, Maine, in 1947, has received numerous awards, including the National Book Foundation's Special Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2018, he received the PEN America Literary Service Award for his work in rebelling against all forms of oppression and defending the high values of humanity. His new novel "Kein Zurück" (Heyne; translation: Bernhard Kleinschmidt) was published this year.
An evening dedicated to zombies, ghosts and vampires, but without the physical presence of the master.

Around the date, the Zeise cinemas will be showing Stephen King adaptations.

Price information:

€ 14,-/10,- Hall ticket € 6,- Livestream