Martina Caluori: Buchpremière

"Shadow of the Pinus", the first novel by the poet Martina Caluori, takes us to an almost deserted campsite somewhere by the sea: the old lady is the silent memory of past generations; Phine struggles with the death of her mother; Bo struggles with the legacy of a repressive faith. Jochen, on the other hand, was abandoned by his wife and children, S. and Vira were given a voice for the fractures caused by wars and conflicts. Between pines (pinus), spray and glaciers, a network of memories unfolds on the campsite, which is not told linearly, but in fragmented streams. Caluori's novel, in which narrative passages are cleverly mixed with lyrical and multilingual insertions, breaks through traditional narrative structures and reflects the complex interplay of past, present and future. "Shadows of the Pinus" is a novel that speaks for the whole of Europe: quietly, precisely, relentlessly.

Martina Caluori is an author based in Switzerland. After studying journalism and film studies, she made her debut in 2019 with the poetry collection "Frag den Moment", followed by dialect poetry for "Öpadia: A Novella us Graubünda" (2021) and in 2022 by her short prose debut "Weisswein zum Frühstück". In 2023, her volume of poems with audio work "Ich weine am liebst in Klos" was published. Her poetry has taken her to festivals and events in Switzerland, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Romania and Italy. For her debut novel "Schatten der Pinus" (lectorbooks), she was awarded the Literary Work Grant of the City of Chur and the Great Work Grant of the Canton of Graubünden.

Reading: Martina Caluori
Moderation: Romana Ganzoni