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Ruth-Maria Thomas is a guest in a shared flat in Düsseldorf and reads from her debut novel "Die schönste Version".
The late noughties, early 2010s in a small East German town: Die schönste Version tells the story of Jella and Yannick, of the first great love that wants to do everything right. Until things go awry. Back in her childhood bedroom, Jella wonders how it could have come to this. She takes a closer look at her upbringing in Lusatia. Small towns and gravel pits, gangster rap and glittery lip gloss. To friends who carried her through so much. And to the moment when Yannick's hands closed around her neck.
The most beautiful version is the story of an awakening, recognition, accusation, a great introspection: Ruth-Maria Thomas writes about becoming a woman, being a woman, about bodies, desires and deep abysses. With stylistic brilliance, great lightness and drasticness, Ruth-Maria Thomas tells of the most beautiful things in her sparkling debut novel. And the most terrible.
Ruth-Maria Thomas, born in 1993 and raised in Cottbus, worked as a social worker in youth welfare. She studied at the German Literature Institute in Leipzig and is co-founder of the erotic literary magazine Hot Topic! In 2022, she was a finalist in the Open Mike. In her texts, which appear on the radio and in literary magazines, she repeatedly deals with the pitfalls of female socialization. Most recently, her short story Glitzer was published in DAS GRAMM and wie ich frau bin by SuKuLTuR.
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zwischen/miete nrw brings literature into your living room!
We organize readings in shared flats and young authors present fresh texts on your couch. Afterwards, there's room for a cozy chat about today's stories. Do YOU know a shared flat where the wind of contemporary literature is blowing? Write to us - at info@zwischenmiete.nrw.
On the road in Bonn / Cologne / Düsseldorf / Münster / Bielefeld
zwischen/miete nrw is a series of events organized by Literaturhaus Bonn and Tilman Strasser, together with Literaturhaus Köln, Literaturbüro NRW, Burg Hülshoff - Centre for Literature and Literaturbüro Ostwestfalen-Lippe. Supported by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. This edition is organized by the students of the University of Wuppertal in the winter semester 2024/25 in cooperation with the Literaturhaus Wuppertal.
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