Lesung im Simpl: Regina Denk: "Die Schwarzgeherin"

In the organizer's words:

Reading Regina Denk: "Die Schwarzgeherin" on 31.05. 16h at Alter Simpl

Free admission - donations for the author are welcome

In a world in which freedom belongs to men, a woman takes

a woman takes what is rightfully hers.

Highly suspenseful and very atmospheric, the novel "Die

The Black Goer" tells of life in a remote village: a young woman

A young woman defies the patriarchal order and leaves the protection

the protection of the community in order to be truly free.

A remote valley in the Tyrolean Alps at the end of the 19th century.

century. The life of privation in her village, forgotten by

village, forgotten by the Enlightenment and progress, has made 18-year-old

Theres has become tough - but also courageous, proud and strong.

When the mysterious Xaver appears in the valley, Theres falls in love with the stranger

the stranger, whom everyone else soon mistakes for a poacher. On

night of a thunderstorm, the farmers want to set a trap for the poacher

but the masked man escapes badly injured. The

The next day, Xaver has also disappeared without a trace. Outraged

Theres announces that she is carrying Xaver's child under her heart and

and flees to the wild solitude of the high Alps. There she wants to raise her

illegitimate daughter in freedom and live off what the mountains give her,

what the mountains give her.

She spends her life with her daughter back home,

which never completely absorbs her, but also never lets go, until her desire for freedom

freedom, self-determination and love not only puts her life in danger ...

in danger ...

Exciting popular literature with linguistic sophistication,

psychological depth and strong female characters. With its

vivid, vivid and authentic language, Regina Denk creates a

Denk lets a movie pass before the inner eye of her readers.

pass before her readers' inner eyes.

Regina Denk was born on the Bavarian-Austrian border in 1981.

was born. She was born with a love of her homeland and a passion for stories.

passion for stories. Writing and the

mountains have accompanied her all her life. From studying literature in

Munich, to the other side of the world and back home again, where she now lives

home, where she lives today - one leg in Bavaria, the other in Austria.

Under the pseudonym Fanny König, she has dedicated herself to Bavarian crime fiction humor.

Bavarian crime humor. Now, with "Die Schwarzgeherin"

a dramatic, dark tone that will have you holding your breath until the last page.

hold your breath until the last page.