Ausverkauft: Der Literarische Salon mit Marie NDiaye

Does the heart of darkness lie in the midst of everyday life?

With Marie NDiaye, an author comes to the Literary Salon who pulls the rug out from under our feet a little more with every sentence. If we already knew in advance that certainty is an illusion, with "Vengeance is Mine" or "Ladivine" we are immersed in a world in which there is no longer any certainty, indeed, threat envelops us flatteringly. Marie NDiaye, born in France in 1967, is a subtle master of disturbance. Although she deals with the major themes of our time - the abuse of children and women, the wounds of Africa, the black attitude to life, flight and displacement - her characters are never just at home in the present. Are the events narrated imaginary, real, a constructed memory, a lie or an abyss that the characters carry within themselves? With each novel, the Prix Goncourt winner takes us anew into a literarily finely chiseled psychological labyrinth. "It's incomprehensible how she does it," exclaimed DIE ZEIT after NDiaye's most recent, now thirteenth novel "Vengeance is Mine" about a lawyer who represents a child murderer: "Her writing is so flawless and perfect. Since the age of 17." This is thriller-like suspense and at the same time has a delicate, light aesthetic. You can't help but sing a hymn to this literature.