"The Desert" - Reading with Chaim Noll
VHS Chemnitz: Book presentation on 13 September, 7 pm in TIETZ, room 4.07
On Tuesday, 13 September, from 7 to 8.30 pm, interested parties are invited to a reading with the author Chaim Noll, son of the GDR writer Dieter Noll. He will be presenting his new book "The Desert". After the reading, there will be an opportunity to talk to the author.
Admission is free. Due to the limited number of places, please register in advance at www.vhs-chemnitz.de or by telephone on 0371 488-4343.
Note for media representatives:
There will be an opportunity for photos and interviews before the reading.
The desert: a human myth that stands for death and life, good and evil
Chaim Noll's new book "The Desert" is a literary-historical journey through one of the most ambivalent landscapes that has shaped people and cultures. Using literary texts from the emergence of writing, such as pre-Islamic nomadic songs, through to Thomas Mann, Chaim Noll's literary history provides an overview of the themes and leitmotifs of a primeval human landscape. Many of the ancient advanced civilisations arose where desert meets settable land. The contradictory nature of the desert proves to be a central motif: It symbolises both drought and blossoming, a lack of water and an abundance of sunshine, decline and renewal, depressing uniformity andfor depressing monotony and spiritual highs, for death and life, good and evil, reality and myth. This polarity is also reflected in the texts that make up this impressive literary history.
Press reviews:
"Chaim Noll's literary history of the desert is a very rewarding read. It presents contexts whose perspectives are often surprising and thought-provoking. Suddenly you think you understand why the eternal life that religions promise us is supposed to be waiting for us in a garden that is called Eden and paradise in the Bible: The oases in the desert were gardens too, only all too often they turned out to be mirages." (FAZ)
"The literary history of a primeval human landscape is a stimulating read in which you can lose yourself." (MDR Kultur)