Book Club Meeting
Mariana Leky: 'Kummer aller Art'

Interested in German books? Come along to discuss this novel with us.

Tue, 11.06.2024
6:30 PM BST Goethe-Institut Glasgow

Join us for the next session of our book club to discuss (in German) the collection of columns Kummer aller Art by Mariana Leky. New members welcome!

About the book

'They all seem sparkling clean on the inside, only our insides looks like a complete mess' thinks kiosk owner Armin as he tries in vain to meditate successfully. And there is also disorder inside the other characters in these literary columns: Mrs. Wiese can no longer sleep, Mr. Pohl is permanently despondent, Lisa has her first heartbreak, Vadim's hands are shaking, Mrs. Schwerter urgently needs to relax, a sad patient has lost his herd, and psychoanalyst Ulrich is dealing with transience. Distress of all kinds plagues the people who maneuver their way through everyday life, sometimes better, sometimes worse. But distress also unites them, for example when problems are not solved on walks, but at least they are brought out into the open and into the light.

Clever, humorous and with a great sense of subtlety and absurdity, Mariana Leky portrays the lives of people who are not lacking in confidence, but rather the courage to recognise that life cannot be permanently avoided. 

About the author

Mariana Leky studied cultural journalism at the University of Hildesheim after completing an apprenticeship in the book trade. She lives in Berlin and Cologne. DuMont published the short story collection 'Liebesperlen' (2001), the novels 'Erste Hilfe' (2004), 'Die Herrenausstatterin' (2010) and 'Bis der Arzt kommt' (2013). In 2017, she published the SPIEGEL bestselling novel 'Was man von hier aus sehen kann', which has been translated into over twenty languages and made into a movie.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?

Everyone who would like to read and discover German books and share their reading experience with others is welcome. The conversation will be in German. All participants should have sufficient language skills to read and discuss in German.

Participation is free of charge.

REGISTRATION

If you are not a regular member of the book club please register your interest by sending an email to library-glasgow@goethe.de. We will add you to our book club mailing list.

This event is part of the series Book Club Glasgow.