Lesung & Gespräch mit Mia Gatow "Rausch und Klarheit"

Mia loves intoxication. Drama, drinks and excess are an integral part of her identity. But it's nowhere near as bad for her as it was for her grandmother and father, who were killed by alcohol, she thinks. But when the nights lose their sparkle, the hangovers get worse and a diffuse hopelessness spreads through her, Mia realizes that she has to change her life.

Mia Gatow dissects with linguistic force how addiction crept into her family and then into her own life. She tells of the romantic myths we tell each other in order not to have to let go of the drink - and of the unexpected beauty that opens up when we do.

"I would like to give this book to everyone I know. You literally read it with bated breath. It's like a grandiose ballad - about addiction, longing and love and about life, which can be so much more real than you think." - Daniel Schreiber

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