Lea Ruckpaul: Bye Bye Lolita

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Book presentation and reading by and with Lea Ruckpaul - on November 27, 2024 at 8 pm - Schauspielhaus, Unterhaus

Dolores Haze - the Lolita from Vladimir Nabokov's novel of the same name - has gone from girl to woman. In her late thirties, she looks back on her damaged life and asks herself how she became who she is today.

In her debut novel, Lea Ruckpaul, who has appeared in numerous roles at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus and whose play "My Private Jesus" can currently be seen at the Kleines Haus, tells the story of a survivor who writes herself free and does not want to be a victim at any price. "Bye Bye Lolita" is an angry swan song to a cliché that still shapes the image of young women today - and to the power relations that make this possible. A novel about the greatest misunderstanding in literary history.