Reading under the Stars: BIRGIT BIRNBACHER

What's it about?

The writer and Bachmann Prize winner reads from her new novel "Sie wollen uns erzählen" (They want to tell us) Open Air in Salzgasse in front of Kino Freistadt – in case of bad weather in Salzhof Oz is different, he struggles at school and has ADHD. But this time something really stupid happened to him. On the way home, he therefore wishes for at least a small catastrophe that would distract his mother from the teacher's letter. When he arrives home, something has indeed happened. Grandma, who lives in the mountains, is gone... Empathically and humorously, Birnbacher tells of a mother's love, fighting in all directions to defend her child against external attributions. A novel about the opportunities that wild growth in thinking opens up. Birgit Birnbacher, born in 1985, lives as a writer in Salzburg. Her debut novel "Wir ohne Wal" (2016) was awarded the Jürgen Ponto Foundation Literature Prize, and she also received numerous awards and the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize in 2019. Her most recent novels published by Zsolnay include "Ich an meiner Seite" (2020) and "Wovon wir leben" (2023). in cooperation with the Brigitte Schwaiger Society Presale: www.local-buehne.at/tickets Presale: EUR 10 Box office: 12 U21: Free admission!