Evelyn Roll in Heilbronn: Reading from Pericallosa delights literature enthusiasts

A reading about memory, family, and the fragile happiness of rediscovery

Evelyn Roll comes to Heilbronn with Pericallosa: A German Memory and opens an evening that goes far beyond a classic reading. At the Heinrich-Fries-Haus, literary memory art, journalistic precision, and personal experience come together for an intense conversation about origin, repression, and the power of storytelling.

When memory becomes a question of life

The starting point of this literary experience is exceptional: After a life-threatening injury, Evelyn Roll fights her way back to life and has to retrain her memory. From this existential experience grows a text of high linguistic clarity and poignant observation. The reading makes visible how closely physical injury, memory, and family history are intertwined.

A family novel as a diagnosis of the times

Pericallosa not only tells of an individual recovery but also of a generation that grew up during the economic miracle yet carried many blind spots. Involvement in National Socialism, love stories, silence, and repression become motifs of a German memory culture that confronts the uncomfortable truth. Exactly therein lies the literary quality of this evening: personal narration and historical self-examination intertwine.

Voice, text, and conversation

The actress and speaker Marlen Ulonska reads excerpts from the book, which she has already recorded as an audiobook. This creates a special reading atmosphere where language becomes not only understood but physically experienceable. In the subsequent conversation, Evelyn Roll shares her experiences and places the work in the broader cultural discourse on memory, identity, and responsibility.

An evening for literature enthusiasts and the curious

This event is aimed at everyone who appreciates sophisticated contemporary literature, biographical storytelling, and reflective author encounters. Those interested in family novels, journalistic literature, and the question of how a personal fate becomes a mirror of an entire era will find a wise, touching evening here.

Conclusion: In Heilbronn, the audience can expect a compelling reading with a conversation that makes literature an experience of self-discovery. Anyone who wants to experience memory not only as a theme but as an inner movement should follow this evening live.

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• Website: https://www.droemer-knaur.de/autor/evelyn-roll-3002909
• Publisher: https://www.droemer-knaur.de/buch/evelyn-roll-pericallosa-9783426277980

Sources:

• City Library Heilbronn – Event Entry
• Droemer Knaur – Author Evelyn Roll
• Droemer Knaur – Pericallosa: A German Memory
• Literature House Heilbronn – Directions
• City Heilbronn – Event Venues Heilbronn
• City Heilbronn – Program Overview