In the organizer's words:

In his previous bestseller "German - a declaration of love", Roland Kaehlbrandt cheerfully and instructively refuted the prejudice that the German language is difficult to learn and cumbersome to use. But an equally false and widespread prejudice, a distorted image, left him no peace: the German language is unattractive, unmelodic, even ugly, without any elegance, without esprit and wit. Kaehlbrandt's new book shows instead how much the German language is gifted with beauty. Because it is sonorous; because it invites the finest and most beautiful nuances; and because it can be clear, vivid, graceful, elegant and even full of wit. The book is a treasure trove of linguistic beauty, easily explained and presented in a reader-friendly way. The language-enthusiastic author tracks them down in words, sentences, passages, verses, songs, speeches, in linguistic wit and in our dialects. Beautiful German moves and touches us. But much of it seems to have faded, sunk, forgotten today. It is time for a rediscovery.

Price information:

Tickets for 5 euros (concessions 3 euros) can be pre-ordered by e-mail to goethemuseum@duesseldorf.de or by telephone on 0211/8992393 or 0211/8996262 and collected from the museum box office.