13 Apr 2022
A Night of Knowing Nothing
L, a student in India witness to the government's violent response to university protests, writes letters to her estranged lover while he is away.
Wechselspiel – Wenn Peter Stamm schreibt
Two documentary filmmakers become the plaything of writer Peter Stamm and subject of the novel whose creation they actually wanted to document.
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Aenne Schwarz Andrea Kohlmann
Maximilian Simonischek Thomas Isenweyer
Oliver Vogel Der Lektor
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