FERNGESPRÄCH: Feridun Zaimoglu und Ines Habich-Milović

In the organizer's words:

An evening about absent fathers

"Sohn ohne Vater" by Feridun Zaimoglu is a gripping, haunting story about a grieving son, the cohesion of a family, deceptive memories and a journey to a foreign country - to his mother and his dead father. In his new novel, Feridun Zaimoglu poses the question of how we remember those who are closest to us and yet sometimes seem strangely alien to us, who love and shape us, who we care about - and who, despite everything, we have to let go at some point.

In "Dein Vater hat die Taschen voller Kirschen", Ines Habich-Milović tells the story of Rieke and her daughter Maja, who are waiting for the return of Miko, who has disappeared. Rieke's memories of her husband send Maja on a wild journey from a Montenegrin village to 1980s Germany, from the Catholic quarter of Sarajevo to the sparkling strobe lights of Bochum's discos. In her debut, Ines Habich-Milović tells a colorful and fresh story about the curse and blessing of family - and about love across all borders.

Both books are about absent fathers, traveling, home - and, of course, patriarchy. Moderator Murat Kayı brings the two authors - one from the Ruhr area, the other from Kiel - into conversation.

The FERNGESPRÄCH series is a joint initiative of the literaturgebiet.ruhr network, funded by Kunststiftung NRW.

In cooperation with: literaturgebiet.ruhr, Gladbeck City Library
Supported by: Kunststiftung NRW

Price information:

VVK 12 euros, B.O. 14 euros. RuhrKultur.Card holders receive their ticket at half price.