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Michael Hugentobler reads from his new novel "Until the Bears Dance"LITERATURE IN THE HOTEL – MICHAEL HUGENTOBLERreads from his new novel "Until the Bears Dance"Before the First World War, the Lieber family emigrates to Switzerland, hoping for a better life there. But the petty-bourgeois Swiss town makes the siblings restless. There is Belle, who is in love with the neighbor's boy. Together they set off on a spontaneous world trip, which ends on the very next country road. Years later – Belle is long since in Brazil – she writes lettersto this Baron, who isn't really a nobleman, but just called that. He makes masks for the war-maimed. Her sister Anne seeks her fortune in Sydney, and Cob ends up as an artistic gymnast in Berlin, as the reign of the Nazis and the turmoil of the Second World War are already looming.Michael Hugentobler was initially a postman and then traveled the world for years. Today he works as a journalist and author; his second novel "Feuerland" was nominated for the Swiss Book Prize in 2021.With "Until the Bears Dance" (dtv), he has created a humorous family novel full of dazzling, lovable characters. They all seek their fortune in distant lands – and in love, where, as is well known, almost anything is permitted.Moderation: Antje FlemmingIn cooperation with Hotel Wedina and with the kind support of the Authority for Culture and Media Hamburg