Elena lives a carefree childhood in Tbilisi – until the Soviet army crushes the Georgian independence movement in 1989. Years later in Berlin, a letter from Elena’s missing childhood friend forms the starting point for a journey into her family’s past and the fate of Georgia. »Guruli [demonstrates] with poetic power of language how the feeling of home and security can suddenly be corrupted by political, but also interpersonal coincidences« (Tagesspiegel).
With Iunona Guruli
Moderated by Zaal Andronikashvili
The event will be held in German.
In cooperation with the Berliner Literarische Aktion.