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„Extremwetterlagen. Reportagen aus einem neuen Deutschland“ - Buchvorstellung
"Extreme weather situations. Reports from a new Germany" - book presentation
Event by: Verbrecher Verlag, WORT & TON, Extremwetterlagen
Location: TAZ-Kantine: Restaurant und Bar, Friedrichstraße 21, Berlin - Bezirk Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
About event
Berlin premiere! Reading and conversation with the four authors
How does right-wing extremism manifest itself in the countryside? A conversation from a direct perspective about the right-wing land grab in villages and small towns and about resistance.
In 2024, the writers Manja Präkels, Tina Pruschmann and Barbara Thériault will explore East Germany. They cycle through the Ore Mountains, work for a local newspaper in the south of Thuringia and compare the special emptiness of the villages on this side of the Oder with the liveliness on the streets in Poland. They talk about this as “overland writers” in the taz and they are writing a book about it together.
In “Extreme Weather Situations. Reports from a New Germany” the authors describe what is meant by the “normalization of right-wing extremist structures”, they meet people who take part, who look the other way, who resist. The Leipzig cultural sociologist Alexander Leistner traces mental development lines that go back to 1989 and further.
On December 19th we will talk to the authors in the taz about life in the so-called province. We talk about dealing with the present through writing, about how to document time and endure reality. About how the four authors realized that we live in a new country. And how we learn to breathe against the wind that pushes into our lungs with sharp gusts.
Guests include:
🐾Manja Präkels, born in 1974 in Zehdenick (Brandenburg), writes and sings about life and survival in Germany, Eastern Europe and the spaces in between. Her novel “When I ate schnapps cherries with Hitler” has received several awards and has been translated.
🐾Tina Pruschmann, born in Schmalkalden (Thuringia) in 1975, traveled to Ukraine for her latest novel. In “Bitter Water” she tells of a generation that, after the 1989 revolution, orients itself between the old and the new system, between uranium mining in the GDR and the circus in Kyiv.
🐾Barbara Thériault, born in Lévis (Québec) in 1972, researches the middle of society in Germany, the aesthetics of everyday life and the sociological feuilleton. She gets closer to people by working as a local reporter or as a hairdresser. You can read about it in “Adventures of a left-handed hairdresser”.
🐾Alexander Leistner, born in 1979 in Werdau (Saxony), researches in Leipzig the legacy of the 1989 revolution, protests in East Germany and the current political instrumentalization of GDR history. About his recent travels through East Germany he wrote the essay "The country is quiet - still! Notes on a crossing", which can be found in the "Yearbook of German Unity 2025".
🐾Yasemin Said moderates this event. She writes from the Reportage & Research department, with a focus on right-wing extremism, migration policy and culture of remembrance. And works as a freelance author and director in the documentary film sector for ZDF, ARD Kultur and MDR as well as a podcast producer.
Participation is only possible with a ticket booked in advance. We therefore ask you to register via https://taz.de/taz-Talk-zu-Rechtsextremen-auf-dem-Land/!vn6132067/
Free entry.
Registration required via https://taz.de/taz-Talk-zu-Rechtsextremen-auf-dem-Land/!vn6132067/
https://www.verbrecherverlag.de/shop/extremwetterlagen-reportagen-aus-einem-neuen-deutschland/
https://waysacrossthecountry.de/
How does right-wing extremism manifest itself in the countryside? A conversation from a direct perspective about the right-wing land grab in villages and small towns and about resistance.
In 2024, the writers Manja Präkels, Tina Pruschmann and Barbara Thériault will explore East Germany. They cycle through the Ore Mountains, work for a local newspaper in the south of Thuringia and compare the special emptiness of the villages on this side of the Oder with the liveliness on the streets in Poland. They talk about this as “overland writers” in the taz and they are writing a book about it together.
In “Extreme Weather Situations. Reports from a New Germany” the authors describe what is meant by the “normalization of right-wing extremist structures”, they meet people who take part, who look the other way, who resist. The Leipzig cultural sociologist Alexander Leistner traces mental development lines that go back to 1989 and further.
On December 19th we will talk to the authors in the taz about life in the so-called province. We talk about dealing with the present through writing, about how to document time and endure reality. About how the four authors realized that we live in a new country. And how we learn to breathe against the wind that pushes into our lungs with sharp gusts.
Guests include:
🐾Manja Präkels, born in 1974 in Zehdenick (Brandenburg), writes and sings about life and survival in Germany, Eastern Europe and the spaces in between. Her novel “When I ate schnapps cherries with Hitler” has received several awards and has been translated.
🐾Tina Pruschmann, born in Schmalkalden (Thuringia) in 1975, traveled to Ukraine for her latest novel. In “Bitter Water” she tells of a generation that, after the 1989 revolution, orients itself between the old and the new system, between uranium mining in the GDR and the circus in Kyiv.
🐾Barbara Thériault, born in Lévis (Québec) in 1972, researches the middle of society in Germany, the aesthetics of everyday life and the sociological feuilleton. She gets closer to people by working as a local reporter or as a hairdresser. You can read about it in “Adventures of a left-handed hairdresser”.
🐾Alexander Leistner, born in 1979 in Werdau (Saxony), researches in Leipzig the legacy of the 1989 revolution, protests in East Germany and the current political instrumentalization of GDR history. About his recent travels through East Germany he wrote the essay "The country is quiet - still! Notes on a crossing", which can be found in the "Yearbook of German Unity 2025".
🐾Yasemin Said moderates this event. She writes from the Reportage & Research department, with a focus on right-wing extremism, migration policy and culture of remembrance. And works as a freelance author and director in the documentary film sector for ZDF, ARD Kultur and MDR as well as a podcast producer.
Participation is only possible with a ticket booked in advance. We therefore ask you to register via https://taz.de/taz-Talk-zu-Rechtsextremen-auf-dem-Land/!vn6132067/
Free entry.
Registration required via https://taz.de/taz-Talk-zu-Rechtsextremen-auf-dem-Land/!vn6132067/
https://www.verbrecherverlag.de/shop/extremwetterlagen-reportagen-aus-einem-neuen-deutschland/
https://waysacrossthecountry.de/