He founded a publishing house, shaped the literary magazine «Believer», and wrote the bestseller «The Circle»: Dave Eggers is one of the most influential figures in contemporary American literature. At the ILB, he can be experienced on stage in Berlin with his new novel for the first time. In «Contrapposto» he tells of friendship and love, of art and commerce, of two lives that can only be told together. «An engagingly detail-rich story from the art world» (Kirkus Reviews).
With Dave Eggers
Moderated by Anne-Dore Krohn
Read by Ulrich Matthes
Interpreted by Lilian Astrid Geese and Silvia Schreiber
The event will be held in English with simultaneous translation into German, with readings in German and English.