Truman Capote captivated readers with the murder of a Kansas family in the 1950s. Fifty years later, German author Andrea Maria Schenkel has done the same with her debut work, Tannöd (Nautilis, 2006). Schenkel will read from Tannöd at New York University’s Deutsches Haus (42 Washington Mews at University Place) on Fri., Nov. 3 at 6:30 p.m. The event will be in English and German.
Truman Capote captivated readers with the murder of a Kansas family in the 1950s. Fifty years later, German author Andrea Maria Schenkel has done the same with her debut work, Tannöd (Nautilis, 2006), which was ranked as the top German-language crime novel for three consecutive months by a panel of European critics. Schenkel will read from Tannöd at New York University’s Deutsches Haus (42 Washington Mews at University Place) on Fri., Nov. 3 at 6:30 p.m. The event will be in English and German.
Based on the unsolved real-life murder of a farm family in the 1920s, Schenkel’s fictional account takes place in the 1950s. She describes, in ghastly and suspenseful detail, how a small Bavarian village became the unlikely site of a horrific crime. The audio book, released in August, is read by German actress Monica Bleibtreu. Schenkel, whose work has been featured at the Frankfurt and Leipzig book fairs, is currently working on her second novel, which focuses on a serial killer in 1930s Germany.
- WHO: Andrea Maria Schenkel
- WHAT: Reading-Tannöd
- WHEN: Fri., Nov. 3, 6:30 p.m.
- WHERE: NYU’s Deutsches Haus, 42 Washington Mews (at University Place) [Subway Lines: Subway Lines: N, R, W (8th Street); 6 (Astor Place)]
The event is free and open to the public. Please call 212.998.8663 for more information. Reporters interested in attending the event should contact James Devitt, NYU’s Office of Public Affairs, at 212.998.6808 or james.devitt@nyu.edu.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Located in a 19th-century mews building in the heart of Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, New York University’s Deutsches Haus organizes a broad cultural program designed to create a bridge between contemporary Germany and the U.S. Conferences, workshops, and lectures attract not only students and professors from all disciplines but also members of the surrounding community whose intellectual curiosity inspires them to learn more about German-speaking countries, their relationship to the USA and the changing world.