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»In that moment, I still did not understand that I cannot mourn as long as I believe that there is no one to comfort me.«

At the end of March 2029. Germany once again faces an early federal election. The government has failed, the political camps are more irreconcilable than ever before, and while right-wing militias roam the cities, exercising vigilante justice unhindered, Jonas' father dies. The relationship between the two was always ambivalent: No one did Jonas feel closer to in good times, and nothing frightened him more than the father's suddenly erupting temper.
Meanwhile, Estelle, who is having an affair with Jonas, is preparing for the last three days of the election campaign. She writes speeches for Sandra Terzinger-Köhn, the most promising opponent to the leading Conservatives in the polls. But when the politician abandons her convictions after a right-wing terrorist attack to secure power, Estelle must ask herself if she is ready to betray her own ideals.
In his debut novel "Hier ist der Beginn und das Ende ist dort", Jean-Philippe Kindler insightfully narrates a world that has radicalized, empathetically portraying two people at a turning point in their lives, as they have lost their footing. And he envisions a utopia to counter the coldness: What if we find our way back to the 'we'?

Moderation: Marie Köhler

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Jean-Philippe Kindler, born in 1996 in Duisburg, is a satirist, moderator, and political thinker. His stage programs have received numerous awards, including the Prix Pantheon and the German Cabaret Prize. He is a co-founder of the leftist podcast collective Studio Rot and works as an advisor for Die Linke. In 2023, his Spiegel bestseller "Scheiß auf Selflove, gib mir Klassenkampf" was published. Kindler lives in Hamburg.

Photo (c) Marie Köhler

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