Charly Hübner reads... - Uwe Johnson "Wenn Du wüßtest, was ich weiß…"

Wenn du wüsstest, was ich weiß ...

The author of my life
A reunion with Uwe Johnson, the "narrator of both Germanys"

The Wall has just fallen. In the Mecklenburg town of Neustrelitz, 19-year-old Charly Hübner leaves his parents' home after a quarrel. He finds refuge in theatre and literature - reading with obsessive intensity until he almost inevitably lands on Uwe Johnson's "Anniversaries". He dives in - and doesn't surface for a very long time.

40 years after Johnson's death and 90 after his birth, Charly Hübner recorded the author's monumental work as an audiobook. Once again he was completely absorbed by it, and struck by how relevant it remains - both literarily and politically.

Hübner's reading is at once a tribute to Uwe Johnson and a declaration of love for reading itself.

Charly Hübner, born in 1972 in Neustrelitz, is an actor, director, and narrator of radio plays and audiobooks. He has received numerous awards, including the Bavarian Television Prize, the Grimme Prize, the German Television Prize, and the German Audiobook Prize. He lives with his family in Hamburg.