BOOK READING
MARIANNE JUNGMAIER
FROM AUSTRIA TO THE WORLD | THE CAKE PROTOCOL

May 4, 2023 | 7:00PM

Embassy of Austria
3524 International Ct NW, Washington, DC 20008, United States

ABOUT THE READING

The ACF DC is proud to present Austrian author Marianne Jungmaier for a bookreading event titeled FROM AUSTRIA TO THE WORLD. Marianne Jungmaier will read in English from one of her novels and from her poetry collection.

The author will take the audience on a journey to the Austrian countryside – and a childhood, in which cakes and silence hide a family secret - with her renowned novel THE CAKE PROTOCOL. In her poetry collection HARLOTS IM HERZEN (HARLOTS AT HEART) she dexterously combines English and German to melodious cosmopolitan pieces.

The reading will be followed by a Q&A and a wine reception.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Marianne Jungmaier was born in 1985 in Linz, Austria, and has been working as a poet and author since 2011. She has studied Journalism, Cultural Theory, Elocution and Creative Writing.

Her work is and was funded, among others, by the Austrian Ministry of Arts, regional Austrian art councils as well as the German Literary Funds. She has received numerous awards and residencies, works with other media, and teaches creative writing in various settings.

EXCERPTS FROM THE CAKE PROTOCOL

"Her arm moved steadily as she pushed halved apples across a grater. Her wrinkled hand, speckled with light brown spots, glistened with the juice of the fruit, and white flakes and dark-brown seeds stuck to it."

"Her grandmother's death makes Friederike return to her hometown. Little has changed there: a silent childhood home, emotionally cold, family members who numb their pain with reason. Death has no place there. During the funeral preparations, Friederike looks for comfort and memories in her grandmother's house, together with her childhood sweetheart Tobias. Among useless things she finds an old booklet, which contains - next to cake recipes - a reference to another life, one that nobody knew of."