Reading Mathias Énard, Dance of betrayal

Reading in German and French

Moderation: Torsten König
German voice: Hans-Werner Leupelt, Staatsschauspiel Dresden

In his new novel, Goncourt Prize winner Mathias Énard takes up his major theme: Violence and links the present and history in two narrative strands. On the eve of September 11, 2001, an academic party meets on a Havel steamer to honor the great mathematician and poet Paul Heudeber, who was invented by Énard. He survived the Buchenwald concentration camp and opted for the GDR after the war, while the love of his life went to the West. The second strand of the novel tells the story of a deserter in a nameless war who seeks refuge in a mountain hut.

Mathias Énard, born in Niort (western France) in 1972, now lives in Barcelona, where he teaches Arabic at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, following long stays in the Middle East. His novels, including "Zone" (2008) and "Kompass" (2015), have won numerous prizes.

Cooperation between: Dresden Municipal Libraries, Center France | Francophonie, Institut français Dresden, Staatsschauspiel Dresden

When: 14.11.2024, 19:30 - 21:00
Where: Central Library in the Kulturpalast | Event room 1st floor - Schloßstraße 2, 01067 Dresden