Jun 25 2019
Goethe Book Club reads Michelle Steinbeck

Goethe Book Club reads Michelle Steinbeck

Presented by Goethe Pop Up Kansas City at Goethe Pop Up Kansas City

All books can be read in their recent English translations or in the original German; our discussion will be in English. Coordinated by Chris Walker together with Goethe Pop Up Kansas City, the Goethe Book Club focuses on contemporary fiction and will explore experiences and thoughts about the text.

All our selections can be obtained online via most major vendors in hard copy or digital format. You can also borrow a hard copy from the Pop Up Library at the Goethe Pop Up where we hold two copies of each book in German and in English.

This month's book for discussion: Michelle Steinbeck's "My Father was a Man on Land and a Whale in the Water" (2018)

A child attacks Loribeth with an iron while she is sleeping. In retaliation Loribeth throws the iron onto the child from an upstairs window, packs the damaged body into a suitcase and sets off on her travels. Thus starts Steinbeck’s unusual, poetic novella about a young woman’s transition from childhood to adulthood. Loribeth and her suitcase begin an odyssey through nightmarish locations in search of her absent father. What ensues is a Freudian adult fairytale in this exciting debut by young Swiss author Michelle Steinbeck.

Admission Info

Free Admission

Dates & Times

2019/06/25 - 2019/06/25

Location Info

Goethe Pop Up Kansas City

1914 Main Street, Kansas City, MO 64108

Parking Info

Street Parking Only