"Sophia, der Tod und ich" by Thees Uhlmann Advanced Readers Book Club
Advanced Readers Book Club B2+ (Online)
Do you enjoy reading and discussing books in German?
Be welcome to join our Advanced Readers Bookclub B2+! We will be reading two books this fall and discussing their content in a fun and interactive setting with other German language learners and one of our teachers.
How does it work? You should lend or buy the ebook/audio book and either read or listen to it before our meeting. Think of three questions you would like to discuss with others regarding the content of the story.
Drop us an email to buchklub-toronto@goethe.de, so we can save your spot.
December 20th, 6:30-7:30 pm via Zoom
Text: "Sophia, der Tod und ich", Thees Uhlmann
How sick do you have to be to ring someone's doorbell and claim you're death? What begins as a bad joke is the prelude to a ravishing, never-ending war of words between death and the narrator about love, friendship and faith, the liquorice taste of asphalt and the depressive job profile of death. Together, the two make their way to the narrator's mother and Johnny, his young son, whom he hasn't seen for ages. Also present: Sophia, the gruff and wise ex-girlfriend. It is a journey between heaven and hell that is marked by the clumsiness with which death moves enthusiastically through the world of the living, raising questions such as: Does death actually have to pee? And if so, how does he do it? And it's about the big question, which is better, "to burn out or to fade away"?
"Sophia, Death and I" is an insanely funny, touching suada, powerful in every line. All the glory of life celebrated in one book.