TROST - Lesung von Madeleine Hofmann

In the organizer's words:

Reading on the day of children's hospice work

Madeleine Hofmann reads from her latest book "Trost - Was wir alle brauchen" (Comfort - What we all need) with musical accompaniment by Verena Badura.

The author - who was just in her early thirties when she was diagnosed with cancer - wants to share her personal journey of consolation by talking about her own experiences and encounters with people who comfort themselves and others in various ways - close confidants, medical professionals, but also creative people. Life with its countless small and large losses, the world situation with its crises and catastrophes.

There are many events today that leave people heartbroken. But what, asks Madeleine Hofmann, does consolation actually mean? The book takes a relaxed approach to consolation that leaves all pastoral matters aside.

Madeleine Hofmann effortlessly brings together high culture and pop culture and uses various themes - food, humor, art, nature, philosophy, language - to show how individual and existential consolation is: everyone seeks and finds it in their own way.

The reading is free of charge.