T. C. Boyle / Ben Becker / Katja Gasser
Wednesday
19
November
2025
19:30
Großer Saal
Performers
T.C. Boyle, Lesung und Gespräch in englischer Sprache
Ben Becker, Lesung in deutscher Sprache
Katja Gasser, Gespräch, Moderation
Programme
T. C. Boyle liest auf Englisch aus seinem neuen Roman »No way home« und spricht darüber mit Katja Gasser, Ben Becker liest aus der deutschen Übersetzung
Note
In Kooperation mit ShowConnection
Presented by
Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft
No way home
Two men and a woman who can't decide between them: The new book by T.C. Boyle, known for novels such as »Water Music« and »Blue Skies«, is dedicated to this well-known constellation. The »Godfather of American literature« reads himself, actor Ben Becker lends him a German reading voice and ORF literary director Katja Gasser moderates. In »No way out«, the bestselling author deals with the wrong turns of interpersonal relationships, with God, the (American) world and with literature. With subtle humor and a socially critical eye, he brilliantly tells the story of Terry, a doctor from Los Angeles, who moves into his mother's house in the Nevada desert after her death. The reclusive Terry had wanted to sell it, but Bethany, whom he meets in a bar, moves in against his will. Then her jealous ex-boyfriend Jesse turns up and warns him: »She's poison.« The two men clash in the middle of the desert. Great literature about obsessive love and human abysses!