Lesung und Gespräch mit Millay Hyatt

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ADMISSION: 6.30 pm BEGINNING: 7.00 pm

Millay Hyatt embarks on a journey into the unknown: She sets off on foot from Berlin towards the east to trace the lines between capital and province, between strangers and friends, between past and present. Without a smartphone, but with Fontane in her rucksack, she asks for recommendations from door to door - from left-wing house projects and city escape flatshares to retired mayors and cigarette sellers at the Polish market. She stands in front of closed farm stores and the open arms of her hosts, who are rarely fixed more than a day in advance, each day an improvisation and an experiment. She walks through sun-drenched forests, gets lost in deserted landscapes, is rescued by a forestry worker, spends the night in medieval towers and marvels at the fractures and beauties of the Brandenburg and West Pomeranian provinces.

How Many Days Must I Go is a literary travel essay about hospitality and foreignness, city and country, borders and transitions. Millay Hyatt interweaves personal experiences with philosophical reflections, history with current conflicts. The result is a multi-layered book about the joy of being welcomed by strangers - and an invitation to embark on an adventure on your own doorstep.