Berliner Ensemble
Daniel Kehlmann: Africa
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Berlin in the winter of 1884/85: Representatives of European states, the USA and the Ottoman Empire discuss trade, ownership and expansion. While a colonial order is taking shape, the Austrian negotiator, of all people, is trying to cover up private fraud. Daniel Kehlmann talks about his dark comedy novel “Africa” and about how literature transforms historical reality and makes colonial entanglements visible up to the present day.
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Berlin in the winter of 1884/85: Representatives of European states, the USA and the Ottoman Empire discuss trade, ownership and expansion. While a colonial order is taking shape, the Austrian negotiator, of all people, is trying to cover up private fraud. Daniel Kehlmann talks about his dark comedy novel “Africa” and about how literature transforms historical reality and makes colonial entanglements visible up to the present day.
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