Julia Schoch: The Couple of the Century

Join us for the next session of our book club to discuss (in German) the novel “The Couple of the Century“ (Das Liebespaar des Jahrhunderts) by Julia Schoch. New members welcome!

ABOUT THE BOOK

A woman wants to leave her husband. After many years of marriage and many years of living together, she is determined – but also devastated. How did it come to this? While considering her next move, she takes a trip down memory lane. There were indeed many highs: the early, ecstatic days of love at university, the times they spent abroad, and later their years with their young children. But there were also lows, moments that changed the course of their lives. Moments that foreshadowed failure. But can something that went on for so long really be said to have failed?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Julia Schoch born in 1974, works as a freelance author and translator of French in Potsdam. She received countless nominations and awards for both her writing and her translation. Her novel ‘Das Vorkommnis’ (‘The Incident’) was awarded with the Schubart-Literaturpreis in 2023. She received the 2022 German Schiller Foundation Award for her literary works.

Text source: New Books in German

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?

Everyone who would like to read and discover German books and share their reading experience with others is welcome. The conversation will be in German. All participants should have sufficient language skills (B2/C1 and higher) to read and discuss in German.

Participation is free of charge.

REGISTRATION

If you are not a regular member of the book club please register your interest by sending an email to library-glasgow@goethe.de. We will add you to our book club mailing list.

This event is part of the series Book Club Glasgow.