Book Club
Michelle Steinbeck`s “My Father was a Man on Land and a Whale in the Water” (2018)
Goethe Book Club
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My Father was a Man on Land and a Whale in the Water / Mein Vater war ein Mann an Land und im Wasser ein Walfisch by Michelle Steinbeck
A child attacks Loribeth with an iron while she is sleeping. In retaliation Loribeth throws the iron onto the child from an upstairs window, packs the damaged body into a suitcase and sets off on her travels. Thus starts Steinbeck’s unusual, poetic novella about a young woman’s transition from childhood to adulthood. Loribeth and her suitcase begin an odyssey through nightmarish locations in search of her absent father. What ensues is a Freudian adult fairytale in this exciting debut by young Swiss author Michelle Steinbeck.
Michelle Steinbeck was born in Lenzburg, Switzerland in 1990. She writes prose, poetry and drama; reportage and columns. She works as editor-in-chief at Fabrikzeitung and is the organiser of Babelsprech, a forum for young international poetry. Steinbeck lives in Basel.
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Goethe Pop Up Kansas City
Goethe in the Crossroads
1914 Main Street
64108 Kansas City, MO
Language: English
Price: Free Admission