Moderation Roland Ulrich
Christoph Peters reads from "Innerstädtischer Tod", moderated by Roland Ulrich
With biting wit, Christoph Peters, winner of the 2018 Wolfgang Koeppen Prize, tells of the deep rifts that run through our society.
It is November 9, 2022, and the Russian attack on Ukraine is overshadowing both private and public life. That evening, the first solo exhibition of the up-and-coming artist Fabian Kolb opens at the famous Berlin gallery Konrad Raspe. Fabian's family, owners of the last Krefeld tie manufactory, have traveled to Berlin especially for the event. His uncle, Hermann Carius, ageing chief ideologue of the "New Right" in the Bundestag, is thinking about making a media-effective appearance at the vernissage, while Fabian's father is hoping to use his brother-in-law's international contacts to continue exporting goods to Russia. The closer the exhibition gets, the more Fabian's doubts grow as to whether he is really prepared to accept all the compromises that an international career as an artist entails, especially as his gallery owner suddenly finds himself confronted with serious accusations from former employees.
Family upheavals and political radicalization: with biting wit, Christoph Peters tells of the deep rifts that run through our society. "One of the best writers of contemporary German-language literature." Christoph Schröder / SWR 2
