Reading: Gerrit Wustmann reads from “Nothing about it is funny”

Ein Witwer erhält Besuch von seinem toten Vormieter. Ein Hypochonder findet ein Mittel für die ewige Gesundheit – allerdings hat die Sache einen fiesen Haken. Ein kleines Mädchen hat einen neuen imaginären Freund … mit mörderischen Absichten. Ein Beamter will überprüfen, ob ein Mensch existiert – und hat Formulare mit fataler Wirkung im Gepäck. Ein Mann hört wieder und wieder ein mysteriöses Klopfen, das ihn langsam in den Wahnsinn treibt. Und ein Mordermittler verläuft sich mitten hinein in ein furchtbar schlechtes Krimidrehbuch. In

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Author reading: Gerrit Wustmann reads from “Nothing about it is funny”

A widower receives a visit from his dead previous tenant. A hypochondriac finds a cure for eternal health - but there's a nasty catch. A little girl has a new imaginary friend... with murderous intentions. An official wants to check whether a person exists - and has forms with fatal consequences in his luggage. A man hears a mysterious knocking sound over and over again, slowly driving him crazy. And a homicide detective gets lost in the middle of a terribly bad crime script. In the

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For a coffee with the writer Gerrit Wustmann: Nothing about it is funny!

"If one of my characters stands on the edge of a cliff, they should expect me to push them off just to see what happens...” In an interview with Madjid Mohit, Gerrit Wustmann talks about his short story collection “Nothing is funny about it”. In ten stories full of deep black humor, populated by the desperate, losers and other ghosts, Gerrit Wustmann uses all genres and turns the inside out. The perfect read for long, dark autumn evenings. Or for all those who are on the disused routes on the

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Reading with Fariba Vafi – “The Dream of Tibet”

The author Fariba Vafi is coming to Germany and Austria in April for a reading tour and will read from her latest work The Dream of Tibet (from the Persian by Jutta Himmelreich). Its first reading will take place on April 8th in Cologne. On her two-week tour, she will also read in Düsseldorf and Vienna. Freelance author and editor Gerrit Wustmann will moderate the reading in Cologne. The search for freedom and the desire for self-determination also play a part

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