Trude Teige: "When grandmother danced in the rain"
City Library: Reading and discussion on 7 February, 6 p.m., University Library
On Wednesday, 7 February at 6 pm, Chemnitz City Library and Chemnitz University Library invite interested parties to a bilingual reading followed by a discussion in the University Library, Straße der Nationen 33. The author Trude Teige will read from her novel "Als Großmutter im Regen tanzte". Translator Günther Frauenlob will moderate and read the German text. Admission is free.
The book:
Love and connection between grandmother, daughter and granddaughter in the shadow of the Second World War: When Juni returns to her deceased grandparents' house on the small Norwegian island, she discovers a photo: it shows her grandmother Tekla as a young woman with a German soldier. Who is the unknown man? Her mother can no longer ask Juni. The relationship between her grandmother and her mother was always overshadowed by something unspoken. The search for the truth leads Juni to Berlin and to the small town of Demmin in eastern Germany, which was overrun by the Russian army after the capitulation. Juni realises that there is much more at stake than a secret love affair. And that her discoveries have consequences for her own happiness.
The author:
Trude Teige is one of Norway's best-known authors, TV presenters and journalists. In her novels, she offers a moving insight into unknown pieces of our history and shows how fate also shapes the following generations. "When Grandmother Danced in the Rain" was on the Spiegel bestseller list for months and has been translated into many languages. Trude Teige lives with her family by the Oslofjord.