Edgar Selge: Jura’s Last Winter
When actor Edgar Selge made his writing debut with “So You Finally Found Us”, critics raved about the work. “It is impossible to write better than this,” wrote newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. Now, he presents his second novel, which lives up to the hype of the first: Jura’s Last Winter takes us back into German history’s darkest years, telling the story of 16-year-old Jura Ryabinkin, who starves to death during the German Wehrmacht’s siege of Leningrad. Jura leaves behind a diary that the narrator of this novel reads over and over again, until he believes he knows the boy. In this moving and imaginative book, Selge creates a literary monument to Jura Ryabinkin which you will not soon forget.
Host: Claudia Dichter
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Edgar Selge
Edgar Selge was born in 1948 and grew up in Herford in North… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
Claudia Dichter
Claudia Dichter was born in 1966 and lives in Cologne, where she… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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Saturday
10. October 2026
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