André Kudernatsch: Das kannst du voll vergessen! Ein Demenz-Report

In the organizer's words:

Book premiere!

André Kudernatsch is actually a satirist and writes funny stories. But now he can't laugh - almost. He wants to spend four weeks looking after his father, who suffers from dementia, even though he has absolutely no idea. He immediately ends up in an endless loop of sitting around, searching and arguing. He constantly hears that he used to be a pipe, is now a turd and will definitely be a good cook. One moment his father gives him 100 points, the next he reproaches him: "You've ruined my life."
Kudernatsch is overwhelmed. His mother, who could sort things out, is far away. She coughs at him - in the truest sense of the word. So he resorts to self-help and writes everything down. The result is a book about love, helplessness, the end of childhood and dealing with the illness.

André Kudernatsch, born in 1970, has published four books of columns with Salier-Verlag, including Du wirst nicht alt im Thüringer Wald (2021), as well as a book of sausage lyrics (2014) and Christmas stories in Auweia, Weihnachten! (2018 as a book, 2019 as an audio book). His most recent publication is Das Kudernatsch Kompott. Jetzt geht's ans Eingemachte (2023), a collection of the best texts from 30 years. Peter Peterknecht is the book sponsor for this volume in the "Schöne Bücher Bibliothek" series. André Kudernatsch lives in Erfurt.

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