The International Elias Canetti Society together with Helikon bookstore organized
Saturday literary café with discussion in art-café Theater

On June, 16th from 5:00 p.m. under the motto Dispute about Europe students from Deutsche Schule read and presented excerpts from the translation of Hugo Portisch’s book Was Jetzt (What now). The prominent Austrian journalist, who was born in Bratislava, targets some current complex issues of Austrian and international politics. In his new book on Europe and the European Union he puts emphasis on the civil and political aspects of the survival of Europe and peace.

On July, 4th from 5:00 p.m. we presented the latest book from our New Europe series – Under snow by Antje Ravic Strubel. This is a puzzle-book composed of 13 stories bound together by invisible threads. With the help of fine-tuned psychological portraits the author author thematizes mainly the difference between people.

After the readings the audience participated in a discussion with the translators of the books Prof. Penka Angelova and Elena Dimitrova.