'Marzahn, mon amour' by Katja Oskamp
For the sixth meeting of our international online book club, we have invited the author Katja Oskamp to read and discuss her novel
Marzahn, mon amour with us.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Katja Oskamp is in her mid-forties when life becomes stagnant. Her child has left home, her husband is ill and she can’t make ends meet as a writer. So she decides to make a go of it as a chiropodist in Marzahn, the largest area of 'Plattenbauten' (prefabricated buildings) in the GDR. A job that could be seen as failure by many but the people who live and work there know all about hardship. And it is the people and their individual stories shared with her that Oskamp pays homage to in her book. She vividly, sensitively and humorously describes her clients with the respect and dignity she shows them during the treatment of their soles.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
© Paula Winkler
Katja Oskamp, born in Leipzig in 1970, grew up in Berlin. After her theatre studies, she worked as a dramaturge at the Volkstheater Rostock and studied at the German Literature Institute in Leipzig. So far, she has published the volume of short stories Halbschwimmer and the novels
Die Staubfängerin and
Hellersdorfer Perle.
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
Everyone who wants to read, discover, meet German authors online and share their reading experience with others is welcome. The conversation will be in German. All participants should have sufficient language skills to read and discuss in German.
Participation is free of charge.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
We will use Zoom for our meeting. We recommend the use of a headset, as speakers can create disturbing echo effects. Participation is possible from PC and Mac. To participate, simply follow the link we will send you when you register.
FOLLOW UP EVENT
As part of a monthly event series members of the
Book Club Glasgow will meet online on 23.02.2021, 6.30pm (local time) to discuss the book further. Please contact
library-glasgow@goethe.de to be included in their book club mailing list.
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