"Wolkenberührpunkt"

Description

Christoph Kramer has achieved something with his first novel that could not be overlooked outside the literary world: the 2014 football world champion became a bestselling author. "Das Leben fing im Sommer an" immediately entered the top of the SPIEGEL bestseller list, is being adapted into a film, and performed on theater stages. The initial news was that a former national football player published a novel. However, the real surprise was that this novel was not only seen as a celebrity project but as a serious, precisely told coming-of-age story. Now follows Kramer's second novel: "Wolkenberührpunkt". Again, it's not about football but about the situation of a person facing a new beginning.

What do you do when something ends and something new begins? Christoph Kramer wrote his first book, a self-reflection, to escape the looming emptiness. But what now? Surprising moments, opportunities, and dangers happen. "Wolkenberührpunkt" tells of these moments of farewell and transition to something new. One such surprising moment in Christoph Kramer's second novel is a brief encounter with a person named Roman – this encounter leaves him unable to forget. Roman has a connection to a strange "Wolkenberührpunkt", an old mast where one can be so close to the sky that wishes can be shouted into the world. "Wolkenberührpunkt" is a story about two lives that could hardly be more different: here the world champion, and there the boy who never had a home. The author talks about this second novel, about the step from a successful debut to the new book, and about storytelling after the end of his football career.

Christoph Kramer, born in 1991 in Solingen, is a football player, TV expert, podcaster, and author. He last played for Borussia Mönchengladbach, was a national player from 2014 to 2016, and became world champion in 2014. With "Das Leben fing im Sommer an," he was the first professional footballer to publish a novel; the book was a sensational success.

Highlights

• Book premiere of Christoph Kramer's second novel
• Addresses new beginnings and surprising encounters
• Adapted into a film and performed on theater stages

General Information

The event takes place in Hamburg and presents Christoph Kramer's new novel "Wolkenberührpunkt". The bestselling author, known for his first novel, tells of farewells and new opportunities in life.

Location

Museumstraße 17, 22765 Hamburg, Germany

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