Tonio Schachinger, the winner of this year’s German Book Prize, presents his novel “Real Age” at the Literaturhaus. Which target group does the coming of age novel address?
“Doesn’t the behavior border on sadism and abuse of power?” asks the evening’s moderator, Judith Heitkamp from Bayerischer Rundfunk. “Yes, of course, that’s just part of school,” says author Tonio Schachinger, with a muffled laugh and the entire hall of the Literaturhaus with him.