Hans Werner Richter, Alive as Yesterday - "Stories from Bansin"

"History of the beach: Only with the founding of the village in 1897 does the beach gain its significance. It becomes a bathing beach. Its history can be divided into three periods. The first is the era of the bathing establishment..." (quote from "Geschichten aus Bansin" by Hans Werner Richter, p. 15, l. 11-15, first edition 1970, Wagenbach Verlag)

Join a reading of Richter's novel by Dr. Ute van der Maer, who - much like Richter himself - has deep roots in this part of the world.