Annette Pehnt: Climbing a volcano - Freiburger Andruck, moderated by Martin Bruch

We fall in love, there are misunderstandings, our father dies, a friend leaves. Our lives are full of twists and turns, contradictions and secret signs. But how many words does it take to describe this life?

With her new volume "Einen Vulkan besteigen" (Piper, 2025), Annette Pehnt enters uncharted territory: without digressions, in straightforward, direct language, she consistently develops the form of "minimal stories". Short texts zoom into other people's lives, touch and surprise. The result is miniatures close to silence: Everything is suddenly inevitable - love, loneliness, death, of course. And then, with delightful brevity, what makes us human is revealed.

The multi-award-winning Freiburg writer talks to Martin Bruch (Literaturhaus) about the precision of the small form and the exploration of spaces between the lines.
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Photo: © Peter von Felbert

Co-organizer "Freiburger Andruck": Kulturamt, municipal library, SWR Studio and Stadttheater as well as Badische Zeitung

Date: 1.10.2025, 19:30
Venue: Stadttheater, Winterer Foyer, Bertoldstraße 46
Admission: 9+1/6 euros (advance booking via the box office)

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