Ein Winter auf Mallorca

In the organizer's words:

A literary and musical pictorial journey

on the largest Balearic island

In the fall of 1838, the then infamous French bestselling author George Sand set off for Mallorca to escape the hustle and bustle and gossip of Parisian society. She was accompanied by her new lover Frédéric Chopin and her two children.

Her initial enthusiasm for the Balearic island, which had hardly been traveled to at the time, soon gave way to bitter disillusionment, as the local Mallorcan population was extremely hostile and the mild climate she had hoped for turned out to be a nightmare of constant rain and cold.

These intense and sometimes unbelievable travel experiences form the basis for one of the most famous travel books in world literature, which is also a touching love story. George Sand's experiences were first published as a book in 1842 and became a widely read classic.

Even today, this brilliant, profoundly humorous and at times bitingly ironic account of his experiences offers a stimulating opportunity to get to know Mallorca and the Mallorcans better.

Speaker: Klaus Kirmis, Bremen/Osnabrück

Musical accompaniment: Björn Jentsch, Bremen
Registration at:

Mobile: 0173 51 55 892 or

info@rei se-kunst.de

Price information:

Recommendation 15-25€