Katherine Mansfield leaves her native New Zealand at the age of twenty to become a writer in London. But first she ends up pregnant in the boarding house of a Bavarian health resort. There, she is able to give literary expression to her powers of observation, especially when she meets people who, during the cure, throw off the tight corset of social constraints. The result is razor-sharp and very amusing stories. Through apparent banalities, they illustrate deeply anchored patterns of behaviour, prejudices and clichés in the early 20th century. Nina Hoss lends her voice to the pioneer of the modern short story.

Reading with Nina Hoss
1 mp3-CD | ca. 1 h 14 min.