Ausverkauft: Der Literarische Salon - Eva Menasse: Alleinruhelage

In der Kulturkirche Nippes. Mit Navid Kermani und Guy Helminger.

We’ve been waiting a long time for a new novel by Eva Menasse, who—ever since her acclaimed debut *Vienna*—has captivated us time and again with her wit and insight, literary mastery, and unflinching understanding of human nature. Her most recent novel, “Dunkelblum,” published in 2021, was another bestseller and has been translated into many languages. But most recently, Menasse has made a name for herself above all with her insightful commentary on freedom of expression and the digital age, Gaza, and antisemitism. She also co-founded PEN Berlin. Hardly any other public intellectual in the German-speaking world today attracts as much attention as the author, who was born in Vienna in 1970—even though she stays away from Twitter and talk shows. At her core, she has, of course, remained a writer, having been honored with awards including the Böll Prize, the Austrian Booksellers’ Honorary Prize, and the Hölderlin Prize. This makes us all the more eager to read her new novel: “Alleinruhelage.” It’s about a marriage that has fallen apart, but really it’s a midlife assessment of the life we cling to, even if it fails to live up to any of its promises.

The salon will take place at the Kulturkirche Nippes.
In cooperation with lit.Cologne spezial.