Kaleb Erdmann reads from «Die Ausweichschule»

Description

On the last day of the 2002 high school exams, shots are fired at the Erfurt Gutenberg-Gymnasium. The narrator experiences this day as an eleven-year-old. More than twenty years later, the event unexpectedly reenters his life and triggers an obsessive engagement that is to result in a novel project. But why reopen old wounds after so many years? Does he have a right to do so?
Kaleb Erdmann (*1991, Witten) embarks on a search for the reliability of memory and questions how reality can be narrated. He manages the difficult balance between distance and approaching the school shooting: The novel is multi-layered and honest, its tone humorous and not moralizing despite the seriousness of the topic. A pointed, personal, and shocking text about a phenomenon that concerns us worldwide. Erdmann studied Literary Writing at the German Literature Institute Leipzig as well as Sociology and Political Theory in Munich and Frankfurt am Main. He was a finalist of the open mike. His first novel, "Wir sind Pioniere," was awarded the debut prize at LitCologne.

Highlights

• Reading by Kaleb Erdmann from «Die Ausweichschule»
• Addresses the school shooting at Erfurt Gutenberg-Gymnasium
• Humorous and honest handling of a serious topic

General Information

Kaleb Erdmann reads from his new novel, which deals with memories of the school shooting in 2002. The event takes place at the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern and offers a deep insight into the reliability of memory and the challenges of storytelling.

Location

Monument im Fruchtland 3, 3006 Bern, Switzerland

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