OLGA TOKARCZUK READS FROM HER NOVEL EMPUSION

Isabelle Vonlanthen from the Literaturhaus Zürich will host the evening.

EXPERIENCE | LECTURE

The Nobel Prize winner for literature will be a guest with her novel "Empusion" and will answer questions from Dr. Isabelle Vonlanthen, Deputy Director of the Literaturhaus Zürich. The event will be translated by Lothar Quinkenstein, who has been translating the works of Olga Tokarczuk into German together with Lisa Palmes since 2017. He will also read excerpts from the German text.

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About the book "Empusion":

Shortly before the beginning of the First World War, a young engineering student undergoes a special development during a spa stay for lung patients in the mountains. Olga Tokarczu's first novel since the author was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature blatantly marks the parallels to "The Magic Mountain", the magnus opus of Thomas Mann - another Nobel Prize winner for literature.

However, some 100 years after the publication of the famous original, "Empusion" is not a deep bow, but a response that is as irreverent as it is sophisticated. Themes such as Eros, nature, death and femininity are brushed against the grain here. Even formally, the novel comes across as radically different. Olga Tokarczuk chooses the genre of the gothic novel for her coming-of-age story about the 24-year-old Polish student Mieczyslaw Wojnicz – hardly any genre could seem more bizarre (and humorous) in connection with Thomas Mann.

Price: Reserved tickets must be picked up at least 15 minutes before the start of the event. In case of non-collection, the tickets will be charged.

Regular:
CHF 17.- Numbered seat
Reduced (members KP / Kulturgesellschaft Klosters / guest card):
CHF 15.- Numbered seat
Reduced (young audience up to 18 years / apprentices / students with ID / Kulturlegi):
CHF 10.- Seat numbered
Wheelchair user with accompaniment (regular):
CHF 15.- Numbered seat

Cast
Signing session with Olga Tokarczuk after the event
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Photo credit: Lukasz Giza/ Adam Czemenko 2024