Shard Park
Schorbenpark is Alina Bronsky's debut novel from 2008. The novel tells the experiences of seventeen-year-old Sascha from the first person's perspective after her mother was killed by her stepfather.
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Seventeen-year-old Sascha lives in a skyscraper in which ethnic German repatriate families live - a social hotspot . Sasha's mother and her boyfriend were shot dead in front of their eyes by their stepfather Vadim in their apartment because of a separation argument. After the fact, she stays here with her little brother and sister - Vadim's cousin takes care of her. In contrast to her social environment, Sascha gets along well in her new home Germany. She speaks German and Russian very well and is a first grade student at the school. In fact, she is traumatized by the act of violence and plans to murder her stepfather when he is released from prison.
When Sasha's stepfather was still living in the apartment with her mother, Sascha stood protectively in front of her siblings. She blames herself for not helping her mother too.
In her milieu in the skyscraper, Sascha feels increasingly alienated . She cannot understand the dreams of the acquaintances, avoids the meetings of the young people in the nearby park (the Scherbenpark) and does not understand how other Russian Germans find it difficult to integrate - for example, they have problems with the German language and also develop poor Russian. At the same time, she doesn't avoid any confrontation: She speaks her mind freely and fights with the boys in the neighborhood.
A report in the local newspaper, in which statements from the perpetrator Vadim are reproduced, hits Sascha. She complains to the editor responsible, Volker, who offers her his help. She moves in with him for a few days when everything around her grows over her head. She feels drawn to Volker, she also befriends his son Felix, who has a lung condition.
When Sascha opens a newspaper at home that reports on Vadim's suicide in the cell, she freaks out. She runs in front of the skyscraper and starts smashing windows with cobblestones, seriously injuring her head. After a hospital stay, she decides to distance herself from her current situation, including the complex relationship with Volker and his son. At a warm welcome, she sneaks out of her apartment spontaneously to travel to Prague , one of her mother's favorite cities.
After Vadim's suicide, Sascha becomes calm. Your hatred is gone. Their environment also makes a more positive impression. Her aunt, who previously couldn't get along outside of Russian business without Sascha in Germany, is learning German. Her siblings make friends with Volker and Felix.
reception
Schorbenpark was nominated in 2008 for the Aspect Literature Prize and in 2009 in the “Youth Book” category (Critics' Jury) at the German Youth Literature Prize. In 2008 the author presented an excerpt from the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize .
Most of the reviewers in the German feature pages were convinced of the novel. The simplicity of the sentences, the happy use of literal speech and the successful construction of the story were emphasized. The novel is also interpreted as a milieu study .
A theatrical version of the novel was first performed on July 3, 2010 in the Theaterhaus Stuttgart . In 2011 the filming of a novel by Bettina Blümner of the same name took place with Jasna Fritzi Bauer (as Sascha), Ulrich Noethen (as editor Trebur) and Max Hegewald (as Felix). It premiered at the 2013 Max Ophüls Preis film festival .
expenditure
- Alina Bronsky: Shards Park . Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3-462-04030-2 .
- Alina Bronsky: Shards Park . Ernst Klett Sprachen, Stuttgart 2014, ISBN 978-3-12-666913-9 .
literature
- Manja Vorbeck-Heyn, Marcus Schotte: Alina Bronsky. Shard Park. Teacher's manual. Ernst Klett Sprachen, Stuttgart 2014, ISBN 978-3-12-666914-6 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ "aspekte-Literaturpreis" for the best literary debut of 2008. In: Börsenblatt .net of September 17, 2008, accessed on January 28, 2013
- ↑ Reviews at perlentaucher.de
- ↑ Shard Park at Rowohlt-Theaterverlag, accessed on January 28, 2013
- ↑ Broken park ( memento of the original dated February 7, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at the film festival Max Ophüls Preis 2013 (accessed on January 27, 2013).
