Edgar Selge: Jura’s Last Winter

About this event

Actor and author Edgar Selge presents his novel “Jura’s Last Winter” and discusses it with critic Shirin Sojitrawalla. The book centres on the diary of 16-year-old Jura Rjabinkin, who starved during the Siege of Leningrad. Selge’s narrator reads the diary repeatedly until he develops a close mental bond with the boy, blending past and present, fiction and reality. Themes of youth, dreams, violence, intimacy and the power of literature to revive a murdered young person fill the pages. The evening promises a thoughtful literary experience, combining a reading with a conversation that invites quiet reflection and emotional resonance. The event takes place at Schauspiel Frankfurt, in cooperation between Literaturhaus Frankfurt and Schauspiel Frankfurt. Tickets are available in advance.