Martina Hefter | Lesung & Gespräch

In the organizer's words:

Martina Hefter reads from her new novel "Hey good morning, how are you?"

During the day, Juno helps her seriously ill husband Jupiter to cope with his everyday life. She is also an artist, dances and plays theater. And at night, when she can't sleep again, she chats with love scammers on the internet. Martina Hefter has written a touching novel about needs and desires in life. And about how far you are prepared to go for love.

Juno writes online with men who confess their love to women online and try to scam them out of their money. But instead of falling for it, these very men become a form of freedom for Juno. In the conversations, she can be who she wants and say what she wants - and supposedly without consequences. Quite in contrast to her other life, in which she is always on the move, always worried about Jupiter, always busy and involved. So Juno occasionally escapes from her everyday life onto the internet and plays games with men who lie to her. She herself becomes a liar. But isn't it true that when you lie, you lie to yourself first and foremost? One day, Juno meets Benu, who sees through her claims just as she sees through his. And despite the distance between them, they form a bond. "Hey good morning, how are you" is a profound novel, but as light-footed as a comedy.

Moderated by Sabine Horstmann, litty bookshop.

Grand Prize of the German Literature Fund & nominated for the German Book Prize 2024