Fiction
Asparagus in Africa
by Corinna Antelmann
Description
Asparagus in Africa is a quiet, personal narrative between melancholy and irony, a monologue disguised as a dialogue, a wordy and at the same time speechless confrontation between a caring son and his life-weary, 90-year-old father who is in hospital and is about to die. The son senses that he too is getting older and will take his father's place in the succession of generations. During what may well be their last encounter, both touch on the theme of nourishment and being nourished as a universal human need. Memories of eating together help them to find agreement where it seems to have become impossible to express their own feelings and needs in words.
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Author Biography
Corinna Antelmann, born in 1969 in Bremen, studied film, literature, music and psychology at the University of Hildesheim and was already involved in the independent film and theatre scene during her studies. Among other things, she co-founded the film festival "Best before" (1993/94). After permanent positions at the Theaterwerkstatt Hannover and the Trickompany Hamburg, she has since then worked as a freelance dramaturg and author (literature, essays). She also teaches script development. She has received scholarships and awards for her literary work. She has lived with her family in Upper Austria for fourteen years.
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© Verlag Monika Fuchs
Verlag Monika Fuchs
We are a small independent publishing house in Hildesheim (Germany, Lower Saxony), founded in 2006. The programme segments are books for children and young people, fiction and religion. A particular concern of our books is the depiction of life in all its diversity and variety.
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- Publisher Verlag Monika Fuchs
- Publication Date September 2020
- Orginal LanguageGerman
- ISBN/Identifier 9783947066322
- Publication Country or regionGermany
- FormatHardback
- Primary Price 11 EUR
- Pages64
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleSpargel in Afrika
- Copyright Year2020
- Page size200x125
