This event is NOT in-house! Kunstmuseum, Neubau, St.Alban-Graben 20

The discussion will be in Russian with German translation.

In her new book "The Leap", we follow the protagonist M., who, like the author, lives in exile. She is on her way to a literary festival. Once there she gradually gets lost and finds herself in a nameless place. The story unfolds in the summer of 2023, against the backdrop of Russia's ongoing war on Ukraine. The presence of the 'beast' —the war’s instigator— extends however even into exile, haunting M. She grapples with the unsettling question of whether she, too, is part of the beast and how to continue writing when her mother tongue now symbolizes death and destruction. Or does being stranded finally offer her the opportunity to shed her own identity?

In cooperation with the Kunstmuseum Basel