Hannah Häffner: Die Riesinnen

In the organizer's words:

Desolate, wild, moving and full of poetry." DORIS KNECHT

Wittenmoos, a small village in the Black Forest, is home to three women. Tall and thin, they tower over everyone else and don't want to fit into the village community at all. And yet they are rooted here and have to find their own way within the narrow confines of the village. Liese, who quietly and relentlessly runs the butcher's shop. Cora, her daughter, the angry one, who will break out and has to learn that returning home is not a defeat. And Eva, Cora's daughter, who loves the forest so much and must first become aware of it.

Hannah Häffner tells the story of three women, spanning from the 1960s to the present day, with stylistic precision, fine humor and a subtle gift for observation, in dark, lush but also delicate poetry. A long-lasting novel about the longing for freedom and roots, about mothers and daughters and about the power of nature.

Hannah Häffner was born in Heidelberg in 1985. After studying political science, she began working as an advertising copywriter and at the same time devoted herself increasingly to writing. Today she lives with her family as a freelance copywriter and author near Stuttgart.

Admission: 18 €

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Photo Hannah Häffner © Tanja Kernweiss