Wende Kids: A New Generation of German Writers October 23, 2006

$10, free for members
Shuttle service starts at 7pm from Los Liones Dr off Sunset 2 blocks E of PCH
For East Germans born and raised in the 1970s, the fall of the wall in 1989 abruptly ended their childhood. A new generation of authors observe the East-West friction through a unique perspective—distrust of socialism's failed utopia and skepticism of the affluent West.
Co-presented with ALOUD at Central Library

Keynote speech by Antje Rávic Strubel followed by panel discussion with Jana Hensel, Julia Schoch and Isabel Cole (interpreter)
Moderated by Zaia Alexander (translator)

Official Website: http://villa-aurora.org/php/villa_aurora.php?lang=english&xindex=4&yindex=2&number=1&audiomute=&settype=treetextdiashow