Reading "Das Falkenschloss" with Richard Reich

Richard Reich and his novel

In the Languard hall of Hotel Laudinella, Richard Reich reads from his novel "Das Falkenschloss", set in a Zurich newspaper house around 1980. Between youth riots outside and strict copy-editing inside, a sharp portrait of the old media world unfolds.

Background

Reich worked for many years as an editor and columnist at the "Neue Zürcher Zeitung", co-founded Literaturhaus Zürich and now co-directs the Junge Literaturlabor JULL. His experience flows into the novel with wit and warmth.

Atmosphere

Expect an evening of precise language, subtle humour and insights into a newsroom where grammar and style are treated almost like sacred rules.