Their writing unites stylistic elegance with analytical precision. Where one consistently targets the surface, the other tears apart what we take to be just that: What happens when two of the most innovative voices in contemporary literature meet? Well acquainted with each other’s work, Katie Kitamura and Christian Kracht speak together about the art of writing, about colonialism and fascism – themes that in both writers’ work frequently lurk, subtly, at and beneath the surface.
In cooperation with the American Academy in Berlin.
With Katie Kitamura, Christian Kracht
Moderated by Alexander Wells
The event will be held in English with simultaneous translation into German, with readings in English.