Lesung - "Die Unbußfertigen" von Elina Penner

In the organizer's words:

Reading & talk with Elina Penner

Elina Penner reads from her new novel "Die Unbußfertigen" (published by Aufbau Verlag in October 2025)

As always, we open our bar!

Moderation: Sophia Bahl

The internet as an echo chamber, visibility as currency, silence as punishment.

Ten people, just like those produced by the internet, accept an invitation to a remote manor house. An event? Definitely, just without a reception. Among them is a mother who has turned her children into a brand. A bus driver between a healing stone and hate speech. An influencer with the most famous ass in the country. Three women with follower numbers like share prices. Seven men in the comments section. But suddenly everything is real. Offline. More and more of them disappear. And someone is watching.

Elina Penner, born a Soviet citizen in 1987, has been explaining for over 30 years why she is a Mennonite-Plautdietsche German and not a Russian. Thanks to her debut novel "Nachtbeeren", published in 2022, there is less explaining to do. As she loves contrasts, she studied in both Bavaria and Berlin. She then left the USA altogether at some point and has been living back in her native East Westphalia for years, from where she runs the online magazine "Hauptstadtmutti". Her writing has appeared in Der Spiegel, Vogue and 11 Freunde. Elina Penner's book "Migrantenmutti" has also been published by Aufbau.

"The Internet is finally no longer uncharted territory: Elina Penner has understood it and the people who haunt it. And she explains it to us at breakneck speed and with unique humor."
Dana Vowinckel

We have reserved 5 Soli tickets. Please send us an email to bahl@manulit.de if the ticket price is not available.

We look forward to seeing you there!