Sunday, 1/26/2025
at 11:00 AM



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»How Patricia Hempel writes about the loss of innocence and the post-reunification period is an event.« Florian Valerius

Summer 1992 in the former Elbe border area. Pilly is thirteen and longs for belonging. But even two years after reunification, her family is still clinging to the ideals of yesterday. The father escapes to the pub, the aunts dream of the Golden West, and there is still no trace of Pilly's mother. Pilly finds support only in her older classmate Katja. A delusion. She does not suspect that by the end of this summer, her world will once again be different.

Patricia Hempel, born in 1983 in Berlin, initially studied prehistoric and early history before moving from archaeology to study literary writing/editing at the University of Hildesheim. Verlassene Nester was supported by the Berlin Senate Administration for Culture and Social Cohesion with the scholarship for German-language literature and nominated for the Alfred Döblin Prize 2023.

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On this evening, Patricia Hempel will read an excerpt from her new novel Verlassene Nester. The novel tells the story of Pilly, who is 13 years old. The plot takes place in the summer of 1992 in East Germany. Two years after the fall of the wall, Pilly's family is struggling to cope with the new situation. Pilly feels alone and is searching for friendship and love.

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