Berlinpremiere – „Das Leichteste der Welt“

After the summer lull, dive back into reading and join us at the Pfefferwerk to celebrate the book launch of *Das Leichteste der Welt* with author Christian Dittloff and Emily Grunert, director of the Literaturbüro NRW! 

Christian Dittloff tells a story of first love, early parental responsibility, friendship, social class, and shame, as well as empathy and compassion. And of finding one’s own path.

When a solar eclipse darkens the sky over the Mediterranean in 2026, Ivo is transported back to the two defining summers of his youth: with his first great love, Karla; his best friends, Demian and Selma; and a baby sleeping in his arms during the last solar eclipse in 1999. He meets Karla at a summer camp on the Baltic Sea: she is smart, unpredictable, always one step ahead of him—and pregnant. What begins between them is both love and an overwhelming challenge. At fifteen, Ivo finds himself thrust into a life that suddenly demands he act like an adult. As the clock ticks down to the turn of the millennium, he tries to please everyone—and risks breaking under the strain.

© Heike Steinweg

Christian Dittloff, born in Hamburg in 1983, studied German and English language and literature in Hamburg as well as creative writing in Hildesheim; he has worked in a psychiatric hospital, as a cultural journalist, and as an expert in cultural marketing. His debut novel, *Das Weiße Schloss*, was published in 2018, followed in 2020 and 2023 by his autofictional works *Niemehrzeit. Das Jahr des Abschieds von meinen Eltern* and *Prägung. Nachdenken über Männlichkeit*. He lives and writes in Berlin.

Emily Grunert, born in Mainz in 1992, studied Creative Writing and Cultural Journalism in Hildesheim and Applied Literary Studies in Berlin. After living in Berlin and Rostock, she now works as a literary educator, moderator, and author in Düsseldorf. In 2026, Emily Grunert will serve on the jury for the German Book Prize.

The premiere is a collaboration between Buchbox, Pfefferwerk, and Berlin Verlag.

On the night of the premiere, there will be a book table and an opportunity to have the book signed by the author.