Eröffnung der Literarischen Wochen 2025 - Martina Hefter liest aus: „Hey guten Morgen, wie geht es dir?“

In the organizer's words:

"A book like a tightrope walk. But as long as Martina Hefter is narrating, nothing can happen." Anne Weber

During the day, Juno helps her seriously ill husband Jupiter to cope with his everyday life. She is also an artist, dances and plays theater. And at night, when she can't sleep again, she chats with love scammers on the internet. Martina Hefter has written a touching novel about needs and desires in life. And about how far you are prepared to go for love.
Juno writes online with men who confess their love to women online and try to scam them out of their money. But instead of falling for it, these very men become a form of freedom for Juno. In the conversations, she can be who she wants and say what she wants - and supposedly without consequences. Quite in contrast to her other life, in which she is always on the move, always worried about Jupiter, always busy and involved. So Juno occasionally escapes from her everyday life onto the internet and plays games with men who lie to her. She herself becomes a liar. But isn't it true that when you lie, you lie to yourself first and foremost?
One day, Juno meets Benu, who sees through her claims just as she sees through his. And despite the distance between them, they form a bond. "Hey good morning, how are you" is a profound novel, but as light-footed as a comedy.

"Martina Hefter tells the story of Juno's inner turmoil in an impressive way: close to everyday life and reflective, life-smart and poetic, tender and unsentimental." German Book Prize, September 1, 2024
Martina Hefter is an author and performer based in Leipzig. Her texts range between poems, scenic forms of writing and novels. She stages many of her texts in collaboration with other artists. She has published three novels and - with kookbooks Verlag Berlin - five volumes of poetry. For her last novel, "Hey guten Morgen, wie geht es dir?", she received the German Book Prize in 2024.

The reading will be followed by a discussion with Esther Willbrandt, Radio Bremen

Advance booking: €9 / Box Office €10. If you register by phone, your registration confirmation is valid as an admission ticket!

VA no.: 25F20101, registration deadline: 25.02.2025

Price information:

Advance booking: 9 € / Box Office 10 €