Jörn Birkholz reads from his new novel "The Breakout"
Description
A quirky and fast-paced journey through allotment gardens and into one's own past. – Max has always lived in Bremen, works as a temporary employee in a historical archive, and has a daughter with Annette. He's dissatisfied with his life, but too weak to break free. Then, his ex-girlfriend Iza suddenly gets in touch, announcing her imminent arrival in the city. A joint visit to Iza's family turns into a burlesque, almost cinematic adventure. A novel that tells of the longing for home, youth, and freedom, whose characters reveal themselves as displaced persons from their old or new homeland, or displaced by love.
Jörn Birkholz studied history and cultural studies and is an author and member of a punk band. He has published several books of novels and short stories, and as a reviewer he writes for publications including Glanz und Elend – Magazin für Literatur und Zeitkritik (Glory and Misery – Magazine for Literature and Social Criticism), Evolver, and Junge Welt. He also regularly contributes prose to textem and the Swiss underground magazine Blättle. Jörn Birkholz lives and works in Wiesbaden.