Lesung, Diskussion APOSTOLOFF
Apostoloff tells the story of two sisters who travel to Sofia to bury their less-than-beloved father. Like tourists, they are chauffeured by the ever-charming Ruben Apostoloff who attempts to show them the treasures of his beloved country: the peacock-eye pottery (which contains poisonous dye), the Black Sea coast (which is utterly destroyed) and the architecture (a twentieth-century crime). But his approaches to win the two distinct sisters – one is sharp tongued, the other one polite – over, seems doomed to fail, as the sisters’ Bulgarian heritage is a heavy burden — their father, a successful doctor and melancholy immigrant, appears in their dreams still dragging the rope with which he hanged himself with.
An account of a daughter’s bitterly funny reckoning with her father and his country, laden with linguistic wit and black humor, Apostoloff will introduce the unique voice of Sibylle Lewitscharoff to a new and eager audience.
Excerpts of the novel will be read in English and German.