Reading by Thomas Heerma van Voss

Translation and moderation:
Ulrich Faure

Thomas Heerma van Voss ranks as one of the greatest writer in the Netherlands. Recently his first novel in German was published.

"Since the day of Hugo Stern´s early retirement nothing is as it once was. His former idyllic life as a teacher at a primary school in Amsterdam slowly fades away. Stern remembers his childhood in a small narrow village; he remembers his adolescence in the London during the swinging sixties that has not made him free as hoped, and he remembers the love for his wife Merel alienating more and more. Stern´s last hope is his son, adopted from abroad under complicated circumstances, but he also begins going his own way. The changes in his family and the social upheavals mean a tough test for Stern. His character can be described as uncompromising which causes a lot of trouble for him. Thomas Heerma van Voss`s novel "Stern geht" (meaning: "Stern goes") is a touching story about the relationship between father and son and the portray of a headstrong dreamer."

Thomas Heerma van Voss will be supported by the translator Ulrich Faure who is the moderator of the evening.

Further information about "Thomas Heerma van Voss" can be found on the internet:
www.thomasheermavanvoss.nl

Location:
EJOT Labor, Unterm Hain 1

Monday, 31st of October 2016

Beginning:
8 pm

Admission:
5,- € / 2,- €

Thomas Heerma van Voss

Thomas Heerma van Voss, born in 1990, studied in London and Amsterdam. He has been writing novel, partly together with his brother Daan, since 2009. In the Netherlands he is regarded as one of the greatest literary talents of his generation. "Stern" geht is his first book in German.

Ulrich Faure

Ulrich Faure, born in 1954, lives in Düsseldorf and works as a journalist and publisher. He translates from Dutch, inter alia works by Detlev van Heest and Simon Carmiggelt. He published a story of the Malik-Verlag as well as the letters by Albert Vigoleis Thelen together with Jürgen Pütz in 1992.