In the organizer's words:

Since the publication of his groundbreaking autobiographical debut "The End of Eddy", Édouard Louis has been regarded as "France's biggest literary sensation" (THE NEW YORK TIMES). Other acclaimed books followed, in which he focused his dissecting gaze not only on his own upbringing, but also on the lives of his parents. His latest novel, The Crash , completes his literary family fresco and is dedicated to the story of his brother: in the working world without prospects, he wishes for a bigger life. One in which he restores cathedrals, travels the world and earns his father's love. But none of this is possible in his reality, he sinks into alcohol and gambling addiction and remains a tragic fantasist. "The Crash" is a relentlessly haunting portrait - and tells of the cruel combination of classism, masculinity and addiction. Talk in English; reading in German. German text: Jannik Schümann, Mod.: Emily Grunert

Conversation in English; reading in German