Marica Bodrozic:
“The Player of the Inner Hour”
For the second time, the literature house Villa Clementine shall be organizing
a literary reading in cooperation with goEast. Marica Bodrozic, born in
1973 in Jugoslawia, has been living in Germany since 1983. She will be
reading from her first novel “The Player of the Inner Hour”,
which appeared in a Suhrkamp edition. The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
evaluated her impressive debut with the collection of stories “Tito
is Dead” as following: “An author rarely walks onto the literary
stage in such an intense and relaxed way, with such confidence in her
own narrative style and such an irritating independence.” In her
new book, Marica Bordrozic tells the story of a family which sticks out
for its age and world: Jelenas first train ride begins with a lie- for
her unsuspecting Gandfather, the preparations for their emigration to
Germany are covered up by a pretended visit to the dentist. Much, much
later during the trip, her wish to get back to the roots emerges. The
Double-Decker takes the ten year-old girl to Dalmatien once and then over
and over again, until the destination gets lost and her old life only
continues to exists in her imagination…
Literaturhaus Villa Clementine: 11.04. / 8.30
p.m.
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