Brittany

Edited by Niklas Bender

Lovely and rough, patriotic and left. Brittany combines delightful contrasts in geography and spirit, and is also a literary land to be discovered.

Brittany is known and loved as a holiday region, despite or perhaps because of the unpredictable climate: the picturesque landscape, the good food, the hospitable and party-loving Bretons attract several million visitors every year. The situation is different for the literature from and about Brittany, which is only little known.

This literary invitation presents authors from yesterday and today who tell exciting, touching, funny and enchanting stories about their region on the outermost edge of Europe. Sometimes they are avant-garde in search of new themes and forms; everyday rural life comes to life in biographical texts; the lyrics are about nature and elemental forces, and the impetuous urge for freedom of their homeland is reflected in the lyrics of many musicians from Brittany. Brittany is also worth a trip for literature!

Niklas Bender was born in Braunschweig in 1976. After working in Berlin, Paris and Tübingen, he currently teaches French and Italian literature at the University of Freiburg and also works as a literary critic for the F A Z. Since 1999 he has spent most of his vacations in Brittany and is married to her in more than one sense .

Verlag Klaus Wagenbach: Emser Str. 40/41, D-10719 Berlin