I was invited by Schloss
Torgelow, a private boarding
school, an hour and a half north of Berlin and almost in Poland, to read from
and discuss Die Schatten der
Vergangenheit sind noch lang with their 16- and 17-year-olds. (The
18-year-olds were in the midst of their Abitur,
the German matriculation exams.)
Ninety youngsters - an audience that had no prior knowledge
of the subject matter, no preconceived ideas and hopefully no bias - listened
attentively and when it came to the discussion, asked many good questions and…
bought books.
It was a real joy.
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