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In the organizer's words:

A literary god invites you to tea

Reading in cooperation with the Karl Jaspers Society Oldenburg

1947 - 14-year-old schoolgirl Susan (who would later achieve world fame as essayist, novelist, director and intellectual Susan Sontag) finds HER novel as an enthusiastic young reader: "The Magic Mountain" by Thomas Mann. She is intoxicated by this book, the author is her great idol, an exiled literary god - who coincidentally resides a few streets away in a house in Pacific Palisades in California. And then the unthinkable happens: a brazen classmate requests a meeting with Thomas Mann and he grants the startled Susan and the charming Merrill an audience for tea!
But what should you ask when you're sitting opposite your idol and have to try not to crumble cookies all over the sofa? And how do you deal with the realization that a literary god is only human? An embarrassing afternoon, a formative encounter that Susan Sontag kept secret for a long time, but later described in a story with enchanting and witty irony. Our - somewhat different - contribution to the Thomas Mann Year.

Read by: Franziska Vondrlik (concept: Christiane Brokmann-Nooren/Franziska Vondrlik)

Price information:

Oldenburg Pass holders receive Free admission