Lesung: Sophia Merwald liest "Sperrgut"

About the book

The Lusthansa is a house that breathes. It tells the story of a family that is separated neither by time nor place. Childhood coexists with adolescence, lust with sorrow. Kristalloma is the landlady of this community: Bruno, who always watches by her side; Stevie and Maj, two women who love each other as airily as they do abysmally; Stevie's father, who is slowly losing his memories, and his wife Linde, who is there nonetheless. The six of them light fires, train their muscles, eat paprika soup and look after each other like nobody else does. Until the neighboring town sends a demolition notice and the world violently invades Lusthansa.

About the author

Sophia Merwald, born in 1998, studied journalism and film and media culture research and works as a freelance journalist. Sperrgut is her first novel, for which she was awarded several prizes before publication, including the Alfred Döblin Prize. She lives and works in Munich and recently spent several months as writer in residence in Gelsenkirchen.