BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//TYPO3/NONSGML Calendarize//EN
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:calendarize-stories-between-grey-and-mica
DTSTAMP:20241218T113450Z
DTSTART:20250319T170000Z
DTEND:20250319T190000Z
SUMMARY:Stories between grey and glimmer
DESCRIPTION:Two extraordinary novels are set in the Ore Mountains\, in the
  towns of Tann and St. Joachimsthal/Jáchymov\, whose history was characte
 rised by uranium mining and the operation of spas\, and whose authors comb
 ine the real with fairy-tale and fantastical elements. The life of Ida is 
 at the centre of Tina Pruschmann's novel Bitter Waters (2022). Ida's paren
 ts work in the GDR state circus\, her mother is a trapeze artist and her f
 ather trains elephants. Ida is also in the circus ring. When she starts sc
 hool\, however\, she is sent to live with her grandparents in Tann\, where
  Wismut mines uranium. After reunification\, when the mine is closed\, Ida
  leaves. Something drives her to the Ukraine. Around the same time\, the E
 nglishman Henry Robotham sets off on his journey to Jáchymov in Lenka Elb
 e's novel Uranova (2020). This is where the last trace of his girlfriend A
 ngela\, who travelled to Czechoslovakia in 1968 to search for her Czech an
 cestors\, was lost. Henry Robotham arrives in a place that is eerily deser
 ted\, with glamorous spa hotels on one side and the remains of Stalinist p
 enal camps on the other\, where prisoners were forced to work themselves t
 o death in uranium mines. Amidst these contrasts\, a breathtaking battle b
 etween good and evil unfolds.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Two extraordinary novels are set in the Or
 e Mountains\, in the towns of Tann and St. Joachimsthal/Jáchymov\, whose 
 history was characterised by uranium mining and the operation of spas\, an
 d whose authors combine the real with fairy-tale and fantastical elements.
  The life of Ida is at the centre of Tina Pruschmann's novel Bitter Waters
  (2022). Ida's parents work in the GDR state circus\, her mother is a trap
 eze artist and her father trains elephants. Ida is also in the circus ring
 . When she starts school\, however\, she is sent to live with her grandpar
 ents in Tann\, where Wismut mines uranium. After reunification\, when the 
 mine is closed\, Ida leaves. Something drives her to the Ukraine. Around t
 he same time\, the Englishman Henry Robotham sets off on his journey to Já
 chymov in Lenka Elbe's novel Uranova (2020). This is where the last trace 
 of his girlfriend Angela\, who travelled to Czechoslovakia in 1968 to sear
 ch for her Czech ancestors\, was lost. Henry Robotham arrives in a place t
 hat is eerily deserted\, with glamorous spa hotels on one side and the rem
 ains of Stalinist penal camps on the other\, where prisoners were forced t
 o work themselves to death in uranium mines. Amidst these contrasts\, a br
 eathtaking battle between good and evil unfolds.</p>
LOCATION: Industriemuseum Chemnitz
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR