Book Club
MEET THE AUTHOR #17: ANNE WEBER

International Online Book Club: Meet the Author

Tue, 05.04.2022
6:00 PM GMT

Online

Annette, ein Heldinnenepos (Annette, a heroine epic)

For the 17th meeting of our International Book Club on 5 April 2022, we have invited Anne Weber to read her book Annette, ein Heldinnenepos with us.

ABOUT THE BOOK
What a life! Born in Brittany in 1923, childhood in modest circumstances, was a member of the Communist Résistance when she was young, rescued two Jewish youths — for which she was later awarded the honorary title Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem — after the war she became a neurophysiologist in Marseille, 1959 was sentenced to ten years in prison for her involvement in the Algerian independence movement... and still a living example of the importance of disobedience in schools today.

Anne Weber tells the improbable life of Anne Beaumanoir in a brilliant biographical heroine epic. The scenes, which are described with great eloquence, raise many questions: What drives someone to join the resistance? What must they sacrifice for it? How far can they go? What can they achieve? Annette, ein Heldinnenepos tells of a true heroine.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Anne Weber, born in Offenbach in 1964, has lived in Paris as a freelance author and translator since 1983. She has translated from German into French (e.g. Sibylle Lewitscharoff, Wilhelm Genazino) and vice versa (Pierre Michon, Marguerite Duras). She writes her own books in both German and French. Her works were (among others) awarded the Heimito von Doderer Literature Prize, the 3sat Prize, the Kranichsteiner Literature Prize and the Johann Heinrich Voß Prize. Anne Weber was awarded the German Book Prize 2020 for her book Annette, ein Heldinnenepos.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
Everyone who wants to read and discover German-language literature, meet authors and share their reading experience with others - even if you haven't read the book yet. The book club takes place in German. All participants should have sufficient language skills to read and discuss in German.

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You will then receive a link to the online live session.

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
We use Zoom for our meeting. We recommend using a headset as speakers can create annoying echo effects. Participation is possible from PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android devices. To participate, simply follow the link that we will send you after registration and register in the room.