Reading & Discussion based on the book "Lost" by Hans-Ulrich Treichel at Max Mueller Bhavan 6:30 pm on 7th October 09
Time : 6:30 pm
Entry : Free
Event Details : "Lost" by Hans-Ulrich Treichel Reading & discussion.
'Lost' is a story of an ordinary German family fleeing from the advancing Russian army in 1945. Fearing for their safety, they place their first-born son, Arnold, into the arms of a refugee and lose them both in the crowd. The family makes it to safety and starts all over again, painstakingly building a new life in the postwar economic miracle. But losing Arnold continues to haunt them. Arnold isn’t dead. He didn’t starve, either,’ is what the little brother, the narrator of this story, is finally told by his parents when he is about eight years old. ‘I was only just beginning to understand that Arnold, my un-dead brother, had the leading role in the family, and had assigned me a supporting part.’ The search is on. Finding lost Arnold is his parents’ dream and the little brother’s nightmare. Lost has been translated into 21 languages and has been made into a film. It was translated into English by Carol Brown Janeway. Hans-Ulrich Treichel will read from his book 'Lost' followed by a conversation with Urvashi Butalia.
Hans-Ulrich Treichel, poet and novelist, was born in Versmold, Westphalia, Germany in 1952. He now lives in Berlin and Leipzig. Since 1995 he has been professor at the German Literature Institute (Deutsches Literaturinstitut), Leipzig. Hans-Ulrich Treichel has rapidly developed a literary reputation in Germany for writing that is readable and humorous, yet challenging. He enjoyed tremendous popular success and critical acclaim with the publication of his first major prose work, Lost (Der Verlorene) in 1998. His many literary awards include the Hermann-Hesse-Prize (2005) and the Eichendorff-Prize (2006).
Urvashi Butalia is the director of Zubaan, and was co-founder of India's first feminist press, Kali for Women. She is the author of The Other Side of Silence (Penguin) about women's experiences of Partition and has edited Speaking Peace: Women's Voices from Kashmir (Kali for Women).
Place : Siddhartha Hall, Max Mueller Bhavan / Gothe Institut, 3 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi-110001
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Near Barakhamba Road Metro Station - Comes Under Line 3 ( Yamuna - Barakhamba Road - Dwarka )
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Entry : Free
Event Details : "Lost" by Hans-Ulrich Treichel Reading & discussion.
'Lost' is a story of an ordinary German family fleeing from the advancing Russian army in 1945. Fearing for their safety, they place their first-born son, Arnold, into the arms of a refugee and lose them both in the crowd. The family makes it to safety and starts all over again, painstakingly building a new life in the postwar economic miracle. But losing Arnold continues to haunt them. Arnold isn’t dead. He didn’t starve, either,’ is what the little brother, the narrator of this story, is finally told by his parents when he is about eight years old. ‘I was only just beginning to understand that Arnold, my un-dead brother, had the leading role in the family, and had assigned me a supporting part.’ The search is on. Finding lost Arnold is his parents’ dream and the little brother’s nightmare. Lost has been translated into 21 languages and has been made into a film. It was translated into English by Carol Brown Janeway. Hans-Ulrich Treichel will read from his book 'Lost' followed by a conversation with Urvashi Butalia.
Hans-Ulrich Treichel, poet and novelist, was born in Versmold, Westphalia, Germany in 1952. He now lives in Berlin and Leipzig. Since 1995 he has been professor at the German Literature Institute (Deutsches Literaturinstitut), Leipzig. Hans-Ulrich Treichel has rapidly developed a literary reputation in Germany for writing that is readable and humorous, yet challenging. He enjoyed tremendous popular success and critical acclaim with the publication of his first major prose work, Lost (Der Verlorene) in 1998. His many literary awards include the Hermann-Hesse-Prize (2005) and the Eichendorff-Prize (2006).
Urvashi Butalia is the director of Zubaan, and was co-founder of India's first feminist press, Kali for Women. She is the author of The Other Side of Silence (Penguin) about women's experiences of Partition and has edited Speaking Peace: Women's Voices from Kashmir (Kali for Women).
Place : Siddhartha Hall, Max Mueller Bhavan / Gothe Institut, 3 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi-110001
Map : Max Mueller Bhavan at Google Maps
Near Barakhamba Road Metro Station - Comes Under Line 3 ( Yamuna - Barakhamba Road - Dwarka )
Click here for All Events at Max Mueller Bhavan
Click here to know more about Max Mueller Bhavan
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