Reading with Astrid Lehmann: Providing stories from Brittany!

Reading with Astrid Lehmann: Providing stories from Brittany!

Hintere Straße 16, 70734 Fellbach, Deutschland - A mild summer evening in Fellbach will transform the terrace of the cultural office into a literary highlight on Monday, July 14, 2025. On the occasion of the French national holiday, the Breton Black Forest Astrid Lehmann presents her latest work "Only a short summer", which was published in February 2025. Entry to the reading costs 8 euros, reduced 4 euros - a glass of Cidre or apple juice is included. In the event of rain, the event will be moved to the city museum.

Lehmann's novel plays in the Breton coastal city of Vannes, where the young doctor Helmut, Frisch at the Wehrmacht, a pregnant French woman named Anne-Marie, is on the side of her daughter. History not only illuminates the vulnerability of life in the middle of the war, but also shows the connection between Helmut and the six -year -old Emil. Emil lives with his parents on a farm in the northern Black Forest and is strongly shaped by the absence of his brother, who does not return from the war. He searches in vain for Anne-Marie and the answers that are waiting for him.

development and topics

Lehmann's story unfolds between the two locations, Vannes and the Black Forest. Helmut, who refused to treat only Germans and to provide unconditional help, is transferred to the Eastern Front, which influences both the fate of him and Emil. The latter learns that the fate of each person is inseparable to that of the other - a central theme of the novel. The book stimulates thinking about human relationships in an inhumane time.

The author draws from the memories of her own family, which gives history a deeper dimension and at the same time opens up an important dialogue about the past. Such stories are not new, because historicals about the Second World War have long been considered a delicate, especially if the narrators were not personally affected. In the past two decades, however, numerous authors, including representatives of the grandchildren, such as Philippe Claudel or Fabrice Humbert, have paved the way to write about this dark time and thus keep the memory awake, such as Deutschlandfunk Kultur reported.

reading and further information

For those who want to secure a place to secure the reading, tickets are available in advance at the I-Punkt Fellbach, Marktplatz 2. Alternatively, you can also try your luck at the box office. If you have any further questions, the cultural office is available at 0711/5851-364 and the email address Kulturamt@fellbach.de.

The reading with Astrid Lehmann not only promises a stimulating encounter with literature, but also invites you to deal with the questions of our history. And that with a refreshing glass of Cidre in hand - a successful combination that should captivate visitors.