Leipzig liest - Doris Akrap: Oh! Dalmatien. Das Reiselesebuch

In the organizer's words:

There is more to discover than Ivo, Pivo and postcards with donkeys on them.

Mountains of melons by the roadside and schnapps in plastic bottles, rattling Vespas and cicadas - the Dalmatian coast promises the best vacation in the south. But something is different here. This sometimes very personal journey takes you behind the tourist scenes of "Zimmer frei" and "Cevapcici" and looks at the remnants of socialist vacation and urban architecture.

Read why the landscape here is dotted with rusting tanks and partisan monuments. Where to find the best pršut and how to recognize excellent olive oil. And how to interpret grand gestures and small exaggerations in order to enjoy not only the food, but also all the stories that the Dalmatians serve up.

Stories about in, out and permanent migrants.

About the author Doris Akrap

Doris Akrap was born in 1974 in southern Hesse, the daughter of a Dalmatian migrant worker. She lives in his house by the sea in the off-season and often writes about Croatian society, literature and politics as a journalist and columnist. However, she is mainly to be found in Berlin, where she works as head of department for the daily newspaper taz. She is a co-founder and board member of PEN Berlin.