Was bedeutet Krieg? Herwig Roggemann im Buchhändlerkeller Berlin

In the organizer's words:

Herwig Roggemann reads from his book "Kurze Besuche. Two novellas"

at the Buchhändlerkeller

Alt-Lietzow 12/Künstlerhof

10587 Berlin

www.buchhaendlerkeller-berlin.de

What does war mean? In both stories, the author takes us on a journey: A man and his wife visit the parents of a friend in the Bosnian hinterland, where the war is already over. Their friend Abedin is still working as a sniper in Sarajevo. "Bosnia," says his wife, "are you crazy?" Thus begins a journey into the bottomless fringes of the Bosnian war, where every word is too many and a story can weigh a life. Beyond illusionistic narration, the author involves himself in the events in a questioning and commenting way. At the end, he offers various conclusions and thus demands of his readers what he himself finds difficult: to decide - and to continue writing. A professor and his students travel to The Hague for the trial of the former president of Yugoslavia, Slobodan Milošević, before the UN tribunal. Although they think they have prepared everything well, they have to go through experiences that they are not up to. The seminar excursion turns into a nightmare. It is about nothing less than the question of wars as men's wars and the role of women as victims and witnesses - and their survival. The novellas, written at different times, take different paths into the horrors and absurdities of war, in this case the war in Yugoslavia. Wars will continue to occupy us more intensely than before. The war in Yugoslavia was already a turning point - and the Balkans are still a powder keg. What does war mean? In both stories, the author takes us on a journey: A man and his wife visit the parents of a friend in the Bosnian hinterland, where the war is already over. Their friend Abedin is still working as a sniper in Sarajevo. "Bosnia," says his wife, "are you crazy?" Thus begins a journey into the bottomless fringes of the Bosnian war, where every word is too many and a story can weigh a life. Beyond illusionistic narration, the author involves himself in the events in a questioning and commenting way. At the end, he offers various conclusions and thus demands of his readers what he himself finds difficult: to decide - and to continue writing. A professor and his students travel to The Hague for the trial of the former president of Yugoslavia, Slobodan Milošević, before the UN tribunal. Although they think they have prepared everything well, they have to go through experiences that they are not up to. The seminar excursion turns into a nightmare. It is about nothing less than the question of wars as men's wars and the role of women as victims and witnesses - and their survival. The novellas, written at different times, take different paths into the horrors and absurdities of war, in this case the war in Yugoslavia. Wars will continue to occupy us more intensely than before. The war in Yugoslavia was already a turning point - and the Balkans are still a powder keg.

More about the book: https://www.omnino-verlag.de/shop/Kurze-Besuche-Zwei-Novellen--Ein-Buch-von-Herwig-Roggemann-138.htm

Price information:

9 Euro/ 5 Euro at the Box Office